Dictionary Entries
Goidé an sórt deis theacht i dtír atá agad?.
"What kind of means have you to live on?"
Bhí conaí ar an oileáin seo, i bhfad roimhe cuimhne sínseara na bhfear seo.
There were people living on the island long before the ancestors of these men
bhíodh sé ar súil an t-am sin
it used to be happening at the time
.. anois ach a chaith mise sé bliana thíos ansin agus
...no but I spent 6 years down there and...
nuair a bhí na rubálaidhe, imigh tamaill ón teach
when the robbers were gone a while from the house
agus dúirt an gabhar
and the goat said
gabhar
a goat
lena bheath a shaothrú,
to earn his living
tá an ceann is sine trí bliana déag
the oldest one is thirteen
tá sí bliain d'haois
she's a year old
stróiméad mór
big strong young person
príomaire mór
big, strong child
tóin
tifí as tóin a chéilí, houses built one at the end of another
reithíneacht
tá an chaor' ar reithíneacht, the ewe is in season
prioscán
applied also to children; tá an prioscán a' teacht, the youngsters are coming