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Cuir Gaeilge air

1. I am a student. > Is mac léinn mé.
2. She is a girl. > Is cailín í.
3. He is a teacher. > Is múinteoir é.
4. She is an Irish person. > Is Éireannach í.
5. It is a bag. > Is mála é.
6. We are students. > Is mic léinn muid.
7. They are teachers. > Is múinteoirí iad.
8. You (pl) are girls. > Is cailíní sibh.
9. I am an American. > Is Meiriceánach mé.
10. It is a book. > Is leabhar é.
11. It is an interesting book. > Is leabhar suimiúil é.
12. She is a good teacher. > Is múinteoir maith í.
13. We are from Galway. > Is as Gaillimh muid.
14. Is he a good student? > An mac léinn maith é?
15. He is a nice man, isn't he? > Is fear deas é, nach ea?
16. She's a smart girl. > Is cailín chliste í.
17. This is a good class. > Is rang maith é.
18. Are you (pl) students? No. > An mic léinn sibh? Ní hea.
19. Aren’t they from Dublin? > Nach as Baile Átha Cliath iad?
20. This is not a new book. > Ni leabhar nua é seo.
21. We don't like American food. > Ní maith linn bia Meiriceánach.
22. Do you (pl) like music? Yes. > An maith libh ceol? Is maith.
23. She likes tea, but she prefers coffee. > Is maith léi tae, ach is fearr léi caife.
24. It is not yours, it is Bríd’s. > Ní leatsa, is le Bríd.
25. I love strong tea. > Is breá liom tae láidir.
26. Does she like the university? Yes. > An maith léi an ollscoil? Is maith.
27. They hate the food here, but they love the weather. > Is fuath leo an bia anseo, ach is breá leo an aimsir.
28. Don’t you (sg.) remember that song? > An cuimhin leat an t-amhrán sin?
29. Is that coffee yours? > Is leatsa an caife sin?
30. We remember that morning. > An cuimhin linn an mhaidin sin?
31. I like this new hat. > Is maith liom an hata nua seo.
32. That good horse is mine. > Seo capall maith liomsa.
33. Máire doesn’t like the cake, but she loves the ice cream. > Ní maith le Máire an císte, ach is breá léi an t-uachtar reoite.
34. Do you (pl) like the book? No. > An maith libh an leabhar? Ní maith.
35. Is this pen yours (sg.)? > Seo peann leatsa?

Cuir Béarla air

1. Seo Niall Ó Dónaill. This is Niall Ó Dónaill.
2. Is mac léinn ag Ollscoil Harvard é. > He is a student at Harvard University.
3. Is as Nua Eabhrac é. > He is from New York.
4. Is Meiriceánach é, ach is as Éirinn a athair. > He is American, but his father is from Ireland.
5. Ní maith leis Bostún > He does not like Boston.
6. Is fearr leis Nua Eabhrac. > He prefers New York.
7. Is maith leis cócaireacht agus rince. > He likes cooking and dancing.
8. Ní maith leis staidéar, ach is breá leis an Ghaeilge agus Béarla. > He does not like studying, but he loves Irish and English.
9. Is maith leis an múinteoir Béarla, ach is fearr leis an múinteoir Gaeilge! > He likes the English teacher, but he likes the Irish teacher more!
10. Seo Leah Müller. > This is Leah Müller.
11. Is as an Ghearmáin í. > She is from Germany.
12. Is léachtóir í ag Ollscoil Bostún. > She is a lecturer at Boston University.
13. Is maith léi Bostún, agus is maith léi an ollscoil – is breá léi leabhair. > She likes Boston, and she likes the university – she loves books.
14. Is fuath léi an Ghearmáin; is fearr léi Meiriceá. > She hates Germany; she prefers America.
15. Is maith léi rince agus caife láidir. > She likes dancing and strong coffee.

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10. It is a book. > Is leabhar é.
11. It is an interesting book. > Is leabhar suimiúil é.
20. This is not a new book. > Ni leabhar nua é seo.

It is common to refer to a book as "í" although it's masculine (or even feminine for some - meaning lenites the following adjective).

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16. She's a smart girl. > Is cailín chliste í.

"cailín cliste" - no lenition on "cliste" because "cailín" is a masculine noun.

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24. It is not yours, it is Bríd’s. > Ní leatsa, is le Bríd.

"Ní leatsa é"... pronoun omitted.

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30. We remember that morning. > An cuimhin linn an mhaidin sin?

You turned it into a question.

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32. That good horse is mine. > Seo capall maith liomsa.
35. Is this pen yours (sg.)? > Seo peann leatsa?

"Is liomsa an capall maith seo"
"An leatsa an peann seo?"

I guess you can also use "seo capall maith liom" meaning "this is a good horse of mine", but not with the emphatic "liomsa".


I guess your English translations are fine. I started checking the Irish sentences in section two as well, sort of automatically. Disagree with some of them :)

(Message edited by peter on October 10, 2009)

15. He is a nice man, isn't he? > Is fear deas é, nach ea?

B'fhéidir,

Is fear deas é, nach é?

(Message edited by bodhrán on October 10, 2009)

No, "Is fear deas é, nach ea" (fear is indefinite).

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It is common to refer to a book as "í" although it's masculine (or even feminine for some - meaning lenites the following adjective).

Aye, in Ulster "leabhar" is feminine : leabhar mhaith.

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Is fear deas é, nach é?

My understanding is that if the noun is indefinite, the pronoun must be ea.

Sin an rud a scríobh mise ;-)

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