Turas Siar 59 - Seanleaganacha Cainte
A collection of words and sayings for describing people and their characteristics.Speaker : Pádraic S. Ó Murchú, An Cartúr.
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The speaker's name is given in the description. The use of older Irish sayings and references to growing up with 'Gaeilge an chliabháin' suggest an elderly native speaker.
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Gheofá éinne, is cosúil.
You’d find anyone, it seems...
Sin iad na mallaí a chuideacha.
Those are the bags that will help.
Níor chuir sé grún ina bhallaí.
He did not put soot on his walls.
Duine a bheith deas cóir.
A person to be nice and kind.
Déarfaí gur duine lách réidh a bhí ann lách réidh.
It would be said that he was a gentle, easygoing person, gentle and easygoing.
Duine deas le bheith ag caint leis ná duine i ngrus comhrá ná caint a dhéanamh leis.
A nice person to talk to is better than a person in a sulk; there's no point talking to them.