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exercise LXXV

§ 441. Feminine words beginning with d and t are not aspirated by the article in the nominative and accusative.

an diallaid the saddle
an tír the country, land

§ 442. Translate into English

  • Atá an tír saiḋḃir, ní ḟuil sí doċt anois.
  • Ní fhuil no thír saidhbhir fós.
  • Ná cuir an dialaid ar an asal, atá sí trom.
  • Fág an teine ar an urlár.
  • Ná dún an doras, atá sé briste.
  • Atá an chearc agus an coileach ag Una.
  • Ní’l ar diallaid ar an láir.

Translate into Irish

  • The tillage field is not green, it is yellow now
  • The pasture field is green, it is not yellow.
  • The mountain is high, it is between Armagh and the other mountain
  • Daniel O'Hea has the chair; he got the chair in the house.
  • Do not put the thatch on the house yet, the weather is not cold, it is dry (and) warm.
  • The winter is coming, it is cold (and) wet; the harvest was dry (and) wholesome.

 

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16

 

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