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Phonetics

§ 601 Translate into English

• Is mise do mhac, agus is tusa m'athair.
• Is sinne Diarmuid agus Cormac.
• An bhfaca tú Eudhmonn indiu?
• Ní fhaca mé Eudhmonn, acht chonnaic mé Art.
• Is sibh-se Art O'Connaill agus Domhnall O'Ceallaigh.
• Is sinn (we are, yes), agus atámuid ag dul a ḃaile anois.
• An bhfuil deifir mhór orraibh?
• Atá fuair ar n-athair bás indé.
• Cad bhí air? Tinneas mór.
• Is tusa ar dtír.

§ 602. Whenever this, that, those means this person, that person, those persons, they are translated by sé so, sí so, so, iad so; sé sin, sí sin, siad sin. WIth is the forms é so, é sin, í so, í sin, iad so, iad sin are used.

§ 603. Translate into English

• Is é so an rí.
• Cá bhfuil sé ag dul anois? Ní'l a fhios agam.
• Is iad sin Diarmuid agus a mhac óg--an bhfuil aithne agat orra?
• Is í so Brighid, atá sí bocht anois agus ní'l meas uirri.
• Thug an fear úd fiche punt dom indé—fuair sé an t-airgead ar an gcapall óg ar an aonach.
• An raibh tú riamh i nDún-na-nGall?
• Is é so ar dteach.
• Is í so ar long.
• Is é sin ar mbad, amuigh ar an loch.
• Isé so an samhradh—bidheann an aimsir te anois.
• Ní ḃiḋeann an geiṁreaḋ ro-ḟuar ins an tír so.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16