Turas Siar 305 - Agallamh suimiúil a rinne Caitlín Nic Conghóile leis an Dochtúir Séamus Ó Catháin, a chaith blianta fada ag bailiú béaloidis i gceantar Dhún Chaocháin.

Ní mhairfidh siad.

They will not survive..

Cúig bhomaite.

Five minutes..

Le cainteoirí má théann Gaeilge ní thuigfeadh siad i gceart iad.

With speakers, if they use Irish, they would not be properly understood.

Agus b'fhéidir an rud is measa ní bheadh siad in ann an rud a scríobh amach.

And maybe the worst thing is they wouldn't be able to write the thing out.

Ok tá rudaí ann agus tá sé sin amhlaidh i mo chása de chomh maith rudaí nár thuig mé, nár thuig mé i gceart fiú amháin agus nár thuig mé ar chor ar bith ach mura bhfuil agus baineann sé sin le Béarla chomh maith agus baineann sé le canúintí Bhéarla chomh maith le canúintí Gaeilge.

Ok, there are things there and that is the case in my situation as well, things I didn't understand, things I didn't even understand properly and things I didn't understand at all, but if not, and that relates to English as well, and it relates to English dialects as well as Irish dialects.

Teastaíonn scil leis na rudaí sin a dhéanamh ach

It takes skill to do those things though.

Caithfidh tú buneolas ar teanga a bheith agat agus cur amach ar chanúintí agus

You must have a basic knowledge of the language and an understanding of dialects.

Fiú amháin i gcásanna áirithe eolas maith agat ar an duine atá ag caint mar go dtuigeann tú an sórt caint atá ag an duine sin agus nach dtuigfeadh duine eile i gceart é.

Even in certain cases you have good knowledge of the person who is speaking because you understand the kind of speech that person has and someone else would not understand it properly.

Agus má tá tú le le

And if you are with le.

le cáipéis a chrochadh amach as an

to hang the document out of the

As an bhfocal beo, mar a déarfá.

In the living word, as you might say..

Caithfidh scileanna agus ardchumas teanga, b'fhéidir, go sílfí nach bhfuil drochmheas agam ar an t-aos óg, níl ar chor ar bith ach bímse ag plé leofa.

Language skills and high proficiency, perhaps, it might be thought that I have no respect for the younger generation, not at all but I do deal with them..

Go laethúil, d'fhéadfá a rá.

On a daily basis, you could say...

Agus tá an-mheas agam orthu ach ina dhiaidh sin ó thaobh teanga de níl siad chomh hoilte nó chomh ceart agus ba cheart dóibh a bheith.

And I have great respect for them but after that, in terms of language, they are not as skilled or as correct as they should be.

Agus an bhfuil sé sin ag tarlú le blianta?

And has that been happening for years?