Dictionary Entries
"An bhfaca tú an gabhar liath liom" nó rud, cibé fhéin é,
"Have you seen my gray goat" or something, whatever it is,
Abair, gabhar níl a fhios agam cén dath, gabhar liath, abraimid,
Say, a goat I don't know what color, a gray goat, let's say,
Má chailleann tú mar shampla gabhar éicint,
If you lose, for example, some goat,
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,
Agus gabhar nó cupla gabhar a bheith ag an té a bheadh síos an bóthar uait,
And a goat or a couple of goats were with the person down the road from you,
Agus dhá mbeadh tusa anois. . . dhá mbeadh gabhar 'adsa anois,
And if you were now. . . if you had a goat now,
Go háithrid muintir, 'bhfuil fhios 'ad, muintir a bíonns ag plé le feliméaracht nó le caoirigh nó le gabhair go háithrid,
Especially people, you know, people who deal with farming or with sheep or with goats especially,
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!
B'fhéidir an chéad mhí eile, b'fhéidir go bhfaighidh mé scata cearca, le cúnamh Dé.
Maybe next month, maybe I'll get a batch of chickens, God willing.
Is ea. An bhfuil mórán cearca 'ad, a' bhfuil?
Indeed. Do you have many chickens, do you?
Agus is gearr go bhfaighidh mé cearca úra, tá súil agam.
And I hope to get new chickens soon.
Ach i gcónaí bhínn ag plé leis na cearca agus na héanlaithe.
But I was always dealing with the chickens and the birds.
Bhíodh cearca agam, agus rudaí beaga mar sin, agus coiníní, ach níl aon ainmhí mór agam.
I used to have chickens, and small things like that, and rabbits, but I don't have any big animals.
Agus an bhfuil beithígh agat ansin, an bhfuil, agus rudaí?
And do you have cattle there, do you, and things?
Thit sé ar an rí-chat an scéal a insean.
It fell to the king-cat to tell the story.