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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

tá an ceann is sine trí bliana déag

the oldest one is thirteen

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

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