Dictionary Entries
Tá mé ar an bhfeirm faoi lathair.
I am on the farm right now!
Bhoil, faoi lathair tá mé ag feliméaracht ann.
Well, currently I am farming there.
Agus cén sort ceird ort atá ort ann?
And what kind of work do you do there?
Is ea.
Indeed.
Tá, tá.
Yes, yes.
Tá mé ann anois go buan.
I am there now permanently.
Ó, a' bhfuil, bail ó Dhia ort, a' bhfuil? Bhoil, ní ar laethanta saoire a chuaigh tú. . . atá tú ann mar sin agus tú chúig bliana déag ann?
Oh, have you, God bless you, have you? Well, you didn't go on holidays. . . you are there for fifteen years?
Tá mé abhus anois le cúig bliana déag.
I have been here for fifteen years now.
Blianta ó shin, ar ndóigh.
Years ago, of course.
Bhí mé ag go leor acu na laethanta sin.
I was at many of them in those days.
sin í an áit ar casadh orm Dara Bán, blianta ó shin, beannacht Dé lena anam.
that's where I met Dara Bán, years ago, God rest his soul.
Bhí, ar ndóigh, agus chomh maith leis. . . is ea, bhí cupla siamsa acu i gCarna chuile. . . bhoil, chuile bhliain, agus bhí mé ansin
I was, of course, and as well as. . . yes, they had a few entertainments in Carna every. . . well, every year, and I was there
Cén chaoi an bhfuil tú féin? An-amhrán! Tá mé théis an t-amhrán sin a chloisteáil. Bhí sé go hálainn.
How are you yourself? Wonderful! I just heard that song. It was lovely.
Cén chaoi an bhfuil tú?
How are you?
Go raibh maith agat a Mháirtín.
Thank you, Mháirtín.