Dictionary Entry

Cluinim daoiní atá sna ranna sin ag clamhsán faoi chaighdeán na Gaeilge ag na mic léinn atá ag teacht isteach go dtí an Ollscoil le Gaeilge you know go bhfuil nach bhfuil aon chur amach acu ar ghramadach nach bhfuil nach bhfuil bunrialacha na teanga ar eolas acu. Tá cuid acu agus tá siad líofa go leor.

I hear people in those departments complaining about the standard of Irish of the students who are coming into the University with Irish, you know, that they have no knowledge of grammar, that they don’t know the basic rules of the language. Some of them do, and they are quite fluent.