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exercise XCIV

§ 525. Some more examples

§ 526. Translate into English

• Feuċ an ḃean ar an aill!
• Atá eagle uirri.
• Ní ḟuil eagla uirri anois, aċt ḃí faitċíos orm indé.
• An ḃfuil náire ort?
• Atá náire orm, mar atá Beurla agam, agus ní ḟuil Gaeḋilge agam fós, aċt fuair mé leaḃar beag Gaeḋilge indé.
• An raiḃ do ṁaṫair tinn?
• Ḃí sí, aċt atá biseaċ uirri indiu; ḃí brón orrainn nuair ḃí sí tinn, atá lúṫġáir agus sonas orrainn anois, mar atá a sláinte aici arís.
• An ḃfuil an ḃean úd saiḋḃir?
• Ní ḟuil; atá sí ag obair ó ṁaidin gi h-oiḋċe, aċt atá an doras uirri agus ní ḟuil leiġṗiġinn aici anois, agus atá fiċe punt ag an duine eile sin uirri.
• Sonas agus lúṫġáir, donas agus leun.
• Seun ort Sonas orraiḃ!
• Bail ó Ḋia orraiḃ, beannaċt liḃ.

§ 527. Translate into Irish

mo leun, my woe; mo lean geur, my bitter woe (alas!)
fairíor (often spelled faraor, (făr'-eer) = alas

• What is the matter with you?
• Alas, I have not father or mother, sister or brother, they all died.
• I am unfortunate my country is unfortunate; the other country is fortunate.
• Did your father die?
• No, he was very sick but he is better now; he is strong, he is not lying, he is up.
• The child did not come in, he was ashamed, he is outside at the door.
• Alas, the winter is cold, woe has come upon the land, the night is dark, there is no light in the sky.
• The great ship is lying on the lake.
• There was a heavy fog outside on the water, and I did not see the boat.
• I saw the ship, she had a white sail and a tall dark mast.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16