Turas Siar 376 - Pádraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: púnáilte, basctha, ponntáin, giobóg, "Na Trí . . . ".
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Friotach, a déarfá friotach.
Resistant, you would say resistant..
Bhí aghaidh an phriotach air agus ní raibh aon chuma mhaith air, a deir siad. Bhí cuma ghiobach air ná
He had the face of a pirate and he didn’t look well at all, they say. Didn’t he look ragged?
Déarfadh siad gur giobóg a bhí inti, bean óg, mar a déarfá, ab ea cineál.
They would say that she was a simpleton, a young woman, as you might say, a kind of...
Bhoil go ndéarfá go mbeadh sí beagán díomhaoin.
Well, you’d say that she would be a bit idle..
Go mbeadh sí ag tabhairt freagraí ar ais uirthi.
That she would be giving answers back to her.
Deirtear gur sin í an ghiobóg, an bhfuil a fhios agat?
It is said that that is the sandpiper, do you know?
Mar a déarfá, i mBéarla sciobair.
As you’d say, in quick English...