Hello and Goodbye

Hello

	First Person	Reply
To one person	Dia dhuit.	Dia’s Muire dhuit.
To more than one	Dia dhaoibh.	Dia’s Muire dhaoibh.

Goodbye: Slán! (sound, healthy)

	To those leaving	To those staying behind
to one	Slán leat.	Slán agat.
to more than one	Slán libh.	Slán agaibh.

Other options

Slán go fóill.	Bye for a while.
Oíche mhaith.	Good night.
Slán abhaile	Safe home.

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Who and How are you?

Your Name

Cé thusa	Who are you?
Cén t-ainm atá ort?	What is your name?
Cad is ainm duit?	What is your name?
Mise X	I am X
X is ainm atá orm.	X is my name.
X is ainm dom.	X is my name.

How are you?

Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?	How are you?
Cad é mar atá tú?	How are you	(Donegal)
Conas atá tú?	How are you?	(Munster)
Tá mé… Níl mé…
go maith	good, well
go han-mhaith	really well
maith go leor	well enough
go dona	bad, poorly
go hiontach	wonderful
go hainnis	terrible
tuirseach	tired

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Where from, Where now?

Where are you from? Where do you live?

Where are you from?

Cé as thú?	Where are you from?
Cad as duit?	Where are you from?
Is as _____ mé?	I’m from ____.

Where were you born?

Cá rugadh thú?	Where were you born?
Rugadh mé i ….	I was born in ….

Where are you living?

Cá bhfuil tú i do chúnaí?	Where do you live?
Tá mé i mo chónai i….	I live in….
Tá conai orm i….	I live in….
i = “in”
i Meiriceá	i gCeanada
i Sasana	i gCalifornia
i Éirinn	i mBoston
i Iowa	sa bhFrainc
i St. Paul	sa nGearmáin
i dTrá Lí	san India

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Politeness and Ignorance

Manners

Más é do thoil é.	Please
Le do thoil.	Please
Go raibh maith agat/agaibh	Thank you
Go raibh míle maith agat.	A thousand thanks
Ná habair é	It was nothing (lit. “Don’t say it”)
Tá fáilte romhat/romhaibh	You are welcome
Céad míle fáilte romhat	A hundred thousand welcomes [to you]
Gabh mo leithscéal.	Excuse me.

Handy Phrases

An dtuigeann tú?	Do you understand?
Tuigim.	I understand (“yes”).
Ní thuigim.	I don’t understand (“no”).
An bhfuil Gaeilge agat?	Do you have (any) Irish?
Tá beagán Gaeilge agat.	I have a little Irish.
Níl mórán Gaeilge agat.	I don’t have much Irish.
An bhfuil a fhios agat?	Do you know?	Ah will ah saht?
Tá a fhios agam.	I know.	Taw sahm.
Níl a fhios agam.	I don’t know.	Nee luh sahm
Diabhal a fhios agam.	The devil if I know (I really don’t know).	Dee-ou-wal asam
Cén Ghaeilge atá ar _____?	What’s the Irish for ____?
Cén Béarla atá ar _____?	What’s the English for ____?

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Weather Chat

Cén chaoi a bhuil an aimsir?	How’s the weather?
An bhfuil sé go deas?	Is it nice out?
Nach bhfuil sé go deas?	Isn’t it nice out?
Tá, tá sé go deas.	It is nice out.
Níl, tá sé go dona.	No, it is bad out.
Níl, níl sé go deas.	No, it is not nice.

Tá sé…

go deas	go breá	go hálainn	go dona
nice	fine	lovely	bad
geal	dorcha	tirim	fliuch
bright	dark	dry	wet
fuar	te	gaofar	ceomhar
cold	hot	windy	foggy
grianmhar	scamallach	stoirmiúil	go holc
sunny	cloudy	stormy	bad, terrible

Té sé ag cur…

báistí	sneachta	seaca
raining	snowing	freezing

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Likes Dislikes, & Preferences

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Do you like…?

An maith leat _____?	Do you like _____?
Is maith.	Yes.
Ní maith.	No.
Is fearr liom _____.	I prefer _____.

Activities

An maith leat damhsa?	Do you like dancing?
Is maith lion léamh.	I like reading.
Ní maith liom péinteáil.	I don’t like painting.
snámh	swimming
garraíodóireacht	gardening
taisteal	traveling
éisteacht le ceol	listening to music.
breathnú ar an telifís	watching television

Ceol ceol traidisiúnta traditional music ceol clasaiceach classical music ceol tíre country music ceoldráma opera snagcheol jazz roc-cheol rock music popcheol pop music

Spórt peil football cispheil basketball eitpheil volleyball haca hockey leadóg tennis skiáil skiing sacar soccer

Teilifís

clár (cláracha)	programs
cláracha faisnéise	documentaries
cláracha spóirt	sports programs
cláracha ceoil	music programs
cláracha cainte	talk shows
cláracha dúlra	nature shows
cláracha mar…	shows like…

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Families and Relatives

DO YOU HAVE . . .?

An bhfuil tú pósta?	Are you married?
An bhfuil deartháir agat?	Do you have a brother?
Tá/Níl.	Yes/No.
An bhfuil clann agat?	Do you have children?

máthair	mother	athair	father	deirfiúr	sister
iníon	daughter	mac	son	páistí	children
seanmháthair	grandmother	seanathair	grandfather	garmhac	grandson
gariníon	granddaughter	aintín	aunt	uncail	uncle

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Special forms of numbers are used with people.

mac amháin	one son
beirt mhac	two sons
triúr mac	three
ceathrar mac	four
cúigear mac	five
seisear mac	six
deichniúr mac	ten

Above ten, regular numbers are used.

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Verbs

Understanding

Tuigeann tú mé.	You understand me.
An dtuigeann tú mé?	Do you understand me?	Eclipse
Ní thuigeann tú mé.	You don’t understand me.	Lenite
Síleann sé go dtuigeann tú mé.	He thinks that you understand me.	The particles go and nach
Síleann sé nach dtuigeann tú mé.	He thinks that you don’t understand me.	both cause eclipsis

Questions eclipse, negative answers lenite.

Some other verbs

can	sing	pres. canann
glan	clean	pres. glanann
léigh	read	pres. léann
múin	teach	pres. múineann

Yes and No–No simple words

An bhfuil sé anseo?	Is he here?
Níl.	No (is not)	Níl = Ní + bhfuil
Níl, níl sé anseo.	No, he’s not here.
Níl, tá sé ansin.	No, he’s there

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Cé thusa?

“Who are you?”

Q: An (fear/ban) thú? Are you a (man/woman)?

A:

Sea, is _____ mé. Yes, I’m a _____.

or

Ní hea, is _____ mé. No, I’m a _____.

Q: An bhuil tú….? Are you….?

A:

Tá, tá mé _____. Yes, I’m _____.

or

Níl, níl mé _____, tá mé _____. No, I’m not _____, I’m _____

beo	alive
marbh	dead
sean	old
óg	young
go deas	nice
go holc	evil, unpleasant
pósta	married

Q: Cén post atá agat? What job do you have?

A: Is _____ mé.  or  Mise _____.

uachtarán	president
ceoltóir	musician
banríon	queen
aisteoir	actor
scríbhneoir	writer

Q: An thusa ____? Are you ____ [name]?

A: Is mise (_____)?  or  Ní mise (_____)?   (or  Is mise./Ní mise.)