Book I
| An mhí seo caithte | un vee shuh ko/h-tcheh (ko/h-teh) | Last month |
| An bhliadhain seo chugainn | un vlee-un shugh hugging (hooing) | Nex year |
| I mbliadhna | im-lee'-unah | This year |
| Anuiridh | an-urry' (an-urig') | Last year |
| Seachtmhain is an lá indiu | shochthin iss un law in-yuh' (in-yuv') | This day (last) week |
| Seachtmhain ó indiu | shochthin o/ in-yuh' (in yuv') | This day (next) week |
| Mí is an lá indiu | mee iss un law in-yuh' (in-yuv') | This day (last) month |
| Mí ó indiu | mee o/ in-yuh' (in-yuv') | This day (next) month |
| Bliadhan is an lá indiu | blee-un iss un law in-yuh' (in-yuv') | This day (last) year |
| Bliadhain ó indiu | blee-un o/ in-yuh' (in-yuv') | This day (next) year |
Agallaimh I
A dialogue
| 1 | Go mbeannuighid Dia dhuit [dhibh]1 | guh many djee-a (dee-a) ghuitch (ghuit) [yeev]1 | May God bless you |
| 2 | Dia 's Muire dhuit | dhee-iss mwirrah ghuitch (ghuit) | May God and Mary bless you. |
| 1. | (Dia 's Muire dhuit) 2 | (dee-is mwirrah ghuit) | May God and Mary blessyou |
| 2 | (Dia 's Muire dhuit is Pádraig )2 | (dee-iss mwirrah ghuit iss pawdhrig) | May God, Mary, and Patrick bless you |
| 1. | Cé chaoi bhfuil tú3 ~ chor ar bith ~ (cionnus tá tú ~ i -aon chor). ~ Is fada ó chonnaic mé anois thú (is fada ná faca anois thú) | kae khee will thoo ~ hur err bih ~ (kunnus thaw thoo ~ in-ae-achur). ~ iss fodlah o/ hunnik mae a-nish' hoo (iss fodha naw fokka a-nish' hoo) | How are you ~ at all ~ It is a long time since I saw you now. |
| 2 | Tá mé (táim) go maith ~ slán a bheidheas tú (a bheidhir). ~ Cé chaoi bhfuil tú fhéin3 (cionnus tá tú fhéin ) ? | thaw mae (thawim) guh moh ~ slawn a vess thoo (a ver) ~ kae khee will thoo haen (kunnus thaw thoo haen) | I am well ~ thanks ~ How are you yourself? |
| 1 | Táim go breagh ~ buidheachas le Dia | thawim guh bir-raw ~ bwee-a-chuss (bwae-a-chuss) leh djeea (dee-a) | I am finely ~ thank God. |
| 2 | Nach breagh an lá é? | noch bir-raw un law ae | What a fine day it is! |
1. Use dhibh when addressing more than one person
2. The usual salutation (1) and answer (2) in Munster
3. Caidé mar tá tú (kud-jae' mor thaw thoo) the form used in Ulster.
note that
phonetic
symbols
are
not
necessarily
pronounced
as in English
i r i s h a t h o m e - b o o k o n e - m á i r e n í c h e a l l a c h á m