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Má chailleann tú mar shampla gabhar éicint,

If you lose, for example, some goat,

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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Go díreach, tá sé tuigthe 'ad.

Exactly, you understand it.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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Cén chaoi an ngabhfá dhá mhíniú sin i bhfeadaíl dhó?

How would you explain that to him by whistling?

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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Agus go raibh tú ag iarraidh rud éicint a rá leis faoin bocaide nó faoin ngabhar a bhí bailithe thar an gclaí, má tá claí ann,

And you wanted to say something to him about the goat that had gone over the fence, if there was a fence,

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

Is ea, bíonn siad ag feadaíl le chéile le haghaidh rud ar bith a rá le chéile,

Indeed, they whistle to each other to say anything to each other,

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

Agus chuaigh mé ag foghlaim na teanga seo,

And I went learning this language,

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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Labhraíonn na daoine le chéile ag feadaíl,

People speak to each other by whistling,

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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Caithfidh mé a bheith ag plé le cabaiste, chuile shórt.

I have to be dealing with cabbage, everything.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
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Caithfidh mé tosú lá éicint anois leis na. . . le fataí a chur.

I have to start someday now with. . . planting potatoes.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

Ach gabh i leith, níl tú in ann anois maireachtáil ag feliméaracht ar na cearca, ar ndóigh.

But come here to me, you can't now live on farming chickens, of course!

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

Taobh ó thuaidh nó ó dheas? - Téann na daoine sin . . .

North or south? - Those people go. . .

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good

Bhíodh go leor acu agam, ach faoi láthair níl aon cheann agam, agus tá mé ag iarraidh é sin a athrú.

I used to have a lot of them, but at the moment I don't have any, and I'm trying to change that.

Translator: Seosamh Ó Cathail
Quality: good
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