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Phonetics

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§ 457. Translate into English

• Cuir an bd beag so ar an Laoi, agus cuir an long úd ar an Éirne.
• Ní ḟuil an Bóinne leaṫan ag Droiċead-aṫa.
• Atá Baile aṫa Cliaṫ ar an Life.
• Fág an bád ins an aḃainn úd.
• Ní ḟaca mé an bád ag dul suas an loċ úd, ḃí se ag dul an seaċrán ar an loċ.
• Fuair mé an bád beag so ar an loċ agus ṫáinig sé do’n oiléan árd úd.

§ 458. Translate into Irish

• The Moy is wide enough in Ballina.
• That young man got a salmon in the Erne.
• Put that book in your pocket, it is not heavy.
• This big book is heavy.
• That big wide book.
• The Foyle is wide at Derry.
• The Barrow, the Boyne, the Nore, the Foyle
• I went from the Erne to the Lee.
• Dermot went on the Lee down to Cork, and he went on the Lee down to Scotland.
• He was never in Scotland.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16