Lean
sin
dhó
mar
sin
agus
an
oíche
seo
bhí
Seán
agus
Pílí
Cat
cois
na
tineadh.
"That continued for him in that way and this night Seán and Pílí Cat were by the fire."
Adverbs
People
Everyday phrases
Feelings
The home
play
Agus
ar
ndóigh,
bhí
Caolchat
imithe
leis
ó
thit
an
oíche.
And of course, Caolchat had gone off since night had fallen.
Activities
Time
Feelings
Verbs
Everyday phrases
play
Bhí
siad
ag
scéalaíocht
agus
caint
agus
ag
comhrá
mar
a
bhíodh
siad
i
gcónaí.
"They were storytelling and talking and chatting as they always used to."
Activities
Everyday phrases
Conversation
Verbs
Feelings
play
"Ara",
a
deir
Seán,
"tá
sé
ag
brú
suas
le
aimsir
na
Nollag
anois,
amárach
an
Satharna
Mór
agus
caithfidh
muid
a
ghoil
'un
an
bhaile
mhóir
agus
brógaí
a
fháil
dhúinn
féin.
"Ara," says Seán, "it's getting close to Christmas now, tomorrow is the Big Saturday and we have to go to the big town and get shoes for ourselves.
Everyday phrases
Feelings
Calendar & Seasons
Activities
People
play
Teastaíonn
brógaí
go
géar
ar
ndóigh
ó
Chaolchat.
"Caolchat really needs shoes, of course."
Adverbs
Everyday phrases
Feelings
Objects
People
play
Feicim
go
bhfuil
a
bhonnaíochaí
bruite
dóite
aige
sa
luaith
agus
an
geimhreadh
ag
tíocht,
b'fhéidir
go
n-éireodh
a
chosaí
nimhneach.
"I see that his soles are burnt and scorched in the ashes and with winter coming, perhaps his feet would become frostbitten."
Feelings
Verbs
Health
Weather
Everyday phrases
play
"
"Maith
go
leor",
arsa
Pílí
Cat.
"Fair enough," said Pílí Cat.
Everyday phrases
Conversation
People
Feelings
Adjectives
play
"Caithfidh
muid
a
bheith
inár
suidhe
beagán
níos
moiche
ar
maidin,"
a
deir
Seán,
"agus
an
bricfeasta
a
bheith
ite
againn
go
luath
agus
ansin
buailfidh
muid
an
bóthar.
"We need to be sitting a little later in the morning," says Seán, "and have our breakfast eaten early and then we will hit the road.
Activities
Everyday phrases
Feelings
Time
Verbs
play
Réiteoidh
mé
sac
agus
cuirfidh
mé
thú
féin
agus
Caolchat
sa
tsac
agus
buailfidh
mé
an
sac
ar
mo
dhroim
agus
gabhfaidh
muid
isteach
agus
amach
chun
an
bhaile
mhóir
agus
ní
iarrfaidh
sibh
coiscéim
a
shiúil.
"I will prepare a sack and put you and Skinny Cat in the sack and I will put the sack on my back and we will go in and out to the big city and you will not have to walk a step."
Activities
Everyday phrases
Food and drink
People
The city
play
"Bhoil,
ní
rabh
mé
ariamh
sa
mbaile
mór,"
arsa
Pílí
Cat
,"tá
mé
ag
dúil
go
mór
leis!
"Well, I've never been to the big city," said Pílí Cat, "I'm really looking forward to it!"
Everyday phrases
Feelings
People
The city
Adjectives
play
"
"Tá
sé
chomh
maith
dhúinn
mar
sin
a
ghoil
a
chodladh
go
luath
anocht,"
arsa
Seán.
"It's just as well for us to go to sleep early tonight," said Seán.
Adverbs
Conversation
Feelings
People
Time
play
Agus
fuair
sé
síos
ag
an
drisiúr
agus
thóig
sé
an
jug
amach
as
an
drisiúr
a
raibh
an
bainne
ann
agus
tharraing
sé
an
sásar
aniar
ón
drisiúr
go
dtugadh
sé
braon
do
Phílí
Cat,
chuile
oíche
roimh
a
dtéadh
sé
a
chodladh.
And he got down at the dresser and took the jug out of the dresser that had the milk in it and pulled the saucer over from the dresser to give a drop to Phílí Cat, every night before he went to sleep.
Activities
Everyday phrases
Food and drink
The home
Animals
play
Leag
sé
an
sásar
bainne
ag
Pílí
Cat
agus
fuair
sé
féin
a
chodladh
i
ndiaidh
an
tinidh
a
chagailt.
He laid the saucer of milk down for Pílí Cat and went to sleep himself after stoking the fire.
Activities
Food and drink
Animals
Emotions
Everyday phrases
play
Is
é
an
áit
a
gcodlaíodh
Pílí
Cat
chuile
oíche
thíos
ar
an
lota
sa
bhféar
os
cionn
na
bó
agus
an
asail
a
bhí
ceagailte
in
íochtar
an
tí.
The place where Pílí Cat slept every night was down on the blanket in the grass above the cows and the donkey that were tied at the bottom of the house.
Places
Animals
Everyday phrases
Countryside
The home
play
Bhíodh
sé
te
teascaill
ansin
sa
bhféar
agus
anáil
an
asail
agus
na
bó
ag
tíocht
aníos
thríd
an
bhféar,
thríd
an
lot'.
"It was warm and cozy there in the grass with the breath of the donkey and the cows coming up through the grass, through the loft."
Adjectives
Animals
Feelings
Countryside
Places
play