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§ 668. Translate into English

• Tabhair dhom an sean-túirrne sin agus an olann.
• Nach fearr leat an túirne nuadh?
• Ní fearr, is fearr liom an sean-dúirne.
• Ní droċ-ṫúirne (hoor'-nĕ) é so.
• An fearr leat an talamh ná an t-airgead?
• Ní fhuair Thomás an capall maith, fuair sé an droch-chapall.
• Is maith le Nóra an fheoil úr, is fearr linne an fheoil ghuirt.
• Is fearr leo arán ná feoil.
• Ní fearr leis an gcappal feur ná coirce.
• Nach fearr do Niall an t-uisge so; is fearr leis an fíon láidir.
• An maith leat an fíon so?
• Fuair mé uait féin é
• Is maith liom é, go deimhin; acht is fearr dom an bainne.
• Cia fearr leat bád nó long?
• Is fearr liom bád beag.
• Ní maith dhuit an aimsir fhuair so, a Dhiarmuid, acht is maith leat í.

§ 669. Translate into Irish

• Do you prefer winter to summer? I do; the winter is cold (and) wholesome, the summer is hot (and) close (trom).
• We shall have a bad summer this year, I am afraid.
• We shall not, we shall have a long dry summer and that is good for us, and we like it.
• I prefer the autumn, but Cormac prefers the sprint (earraċ).
• In the spring we do be working from monring till night.
• In that country they do not be working in the day in the summer as (mar) the weather does be too hot.
• She does not like the very hot weather.
• We had bad weather yesterday, we shall have fine weather today.
• Does he like the dry weather?
• In the dry weather the horse, the dogs, and the little bird do be drinkignw ater out of the old well.
• I like this country, but I prefer the (ant) old country.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16