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§ 668. Translate into English

  • Tabhair dhom an sean-túirrne sin agus an olann.
  • Nach fearr leat an túirne nuadh?
  • Ní fearr, is fearr liom an sean-dúirne.
  • Ní droċ-ṫúirne (hoor'-nĕ) é so.
  • An fearr leat an talamh ná an t-airgead?
  • Ní fhuair Thomás an capall maith, fuair sé an droch-chapall.
  • Is maith le Nóra an fheoil úr, is fearr linne an fheoil ghuirt.
  • Is fearr leo arán ná feoil.
  • Ní fearr leis an gcappal feur ná coirce.
  • Nach fearr do Niall an t-uisge so; is fearr leis an fíon láidir.
  • An maith leat an fíon so?
  • Fuair mé uait féin é
  • Is maith liom é, go deimhin; acht is fearr dom an bainne.
  • Cia fearr leat bád nó long?
  • Is fearr liom bád beag.
  • Ní maith dhuit an aimsir fhuair so, a Dhiarmuid, acht is maith leat í.

§ 669. Translate into Irish

  • Do you prefer winter to summer? I do; the winter is cold (and) wholesome, the summer is hot (and) close (trom).
  • We shall have a bad summer this year, I am afraid.
  • We shall not, we shall have a long dry summer and that is good for us, and we like it.
  • I prefer the autumn, but Cormac prefers the sprint (earraċ).
  • In the spring we do be working from monring till night.
  • In that country they do not be working in the day in the summer as (mar) the weather does be too hot.
  • She does not like the very hot weather.
  • We had bad weather yesterday, we shall have fine weather today.
  • Does he like the dry weather?
  • In the dry weather the horse, the dogs, and the little bird do be drinkignw ater out of the old well.
  • I like this country, but I prefer the (ant) old country.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16

 

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