Turas Siar 60 - Seanleaganacha Cainte 2
A collection of words and sayings for describing people and their characteristics. Speaker : Pádraic S. Ó Murchú
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Is minic a bhéarfaí cuaille ar ar chailleach nó sheanbhean.
A pole was often caught by an old woman or hag.
B'fhéidir a bheith ina suí sa teallach déarfaí gurb éard a bhí inti sin.
Perhaps sitting in the hearth is what it would be called...
Bhuaileadh do chailleach.
Your hag would be beaten..
Sí mór amscaí b'fhéidir.
She is very clumsy maybe..
No, mar a dúirt mé cheana, duine a bheith amscaí.
No, as I said before, a person being clumsy..
'Sin duine anois a bheith.
That’s a person now to be..
Mór bríomhar b'fhéidir ag tógáil suas go leor áit.
Big, lively, maybe taking up a lot of space.
Bheadh sé ina shuí air.
He would be sitting on it.
ar an stól nó ar an gcathaoir ná
on the stool or on the chair either.
Duine b'fhéidir corruair a bheith ag tógáil suas ár gcáis le beirt.
A person might sometimes be building up our case with two people.