Book I
| Ith béile maith anois ~ mar tá turas fada romhat ~ agus beidh tú caillte leis an ocras ~ sul a bheidheas tú 'sa mbaile (sul a bheir 'sa bhaile) | i/h baeleh moh a-nish' ~ mor thaw thurras fodha ro/ath ~ oggus bae (beg) thoo koll-tcheh (kollteh) lesh un ukras ~ sul a vess thoo sa molleh 2 (sul a ver sa volleh)2 | Eat a good meal now ~ as you have a long journey beforeyou ~ and you will be starved with the hunger ~ before you are at home. |
| Caithfidh go bhfuil tú (go bhfuilir) lag ó'n ocras. Suidh isteach ag [chuig] an mbórd (chun an bhúird) agus bí ag ithe. | ko/ha guh will thoo (guh wilir) log o/n ukras see (sig) ishth-yoch eg (hig' un mo/rdh (khun un vooirdh) oggus bee eg-i/heh. | You must be weak from hunger. Sit in to the table and be eating. |
| Dá mbeadh ocras orm ~ d'íosfainn é ~ agus ní bhéinn a' fanacht le cuireadh. | dhaw mehuch ukras urrum ~ dhees-hing ae ~ oggus nee vae-ing (veh-ing) a fon'-uchth le ku/-ireh 1 | If I were hungry ~ I would eat it ~ and I would not be waiting for an invitation. |
| Dá mbeadh ocras ceart ort ~ d'íosfá rud ar bith. | dhaw mehuch ukras karth urth ~ dhees-haw (dhees-faw) rudh errbih. | If you wre rightly hungry ~ you would eat anything. |
| Is dona an rud an t-ocras ~ ach is measa an rud an tart. | iss dhunna un rudh aun thukras ~ och iss massa un rud un tharth. | Hunger is a bad thing ~ but thirst is worse. |
Tart |
tharth |
Thirst |
| Nach bhfuil tart ort? | noch will tharth urth | Are you not thirsty? |
| Níl, tá | neel, thaw | No, Yes. |
| Nach ort atá an tart? | noch urth athaw un tharth | How thirsty are you! |
| Táim caillte leis an tart. ~ Tabhair dhom deoch uisge ~ má's é do thoil é | thawim kill-tcheh (koll-teh) lesh un tharth ~ thurrum djuch (dyuch) ish-ka ~ mae-shae dhu hull'-ae | I am dead with the thirst. ~ Give me a drink of water ~ please. |
| Tar isteach 'sa teach (tigh) seo. ~ Ba mhaith liom deoch fhághail. | thar ishth-yoch sa tch-yoch (tig) shuh ~ buh woh l-yum djuch (d-yuch) aw-il. | Come in to the house ~ I would like to get a drink. |
| Tabhair dhom rud eicínt (éigin) le n-ól ~ deoch bainne ~ má tá sé le fághail. | thurrum rudh ekeentch (aegin) leh no'l ~ djuch (d-yuch) bon-yeh ~ maw thaw shae leh faw'il. | Give me something to drink ~ a drink of milk ~ if it is to be had. |
| Cad a bheidheas agat le n-ól? | kodh a vess (veg) og'-guth (og-guth') leh no/l | What will have to drink? |
| Níl rud níos fearr ná deoch fíor-uisge. | neel rudh nees faar naw djuch (d-yuch) feer-ish-ka | There is no better thing than a drink of spring water. |
| B'fhearr liom braon uisge beatha. | baar l-yum bree'-un (brae'-un) ish-ka baha | I would prefer a drop of whiskey. |
1. Pronounce u/ very short and run it into the next vowel.
2 Liquid "ll" as in "brilliant"
note that
phonetic
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as in English
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