Turas Siar 166 - Agallamh a rinne Máirtín Mac Donnchadha le Micí Ó Murchú agus a bhean Máire Cáit : An áinne (= an adhann), difríochtaí idir Gaeilge Cheathrú Thaidhg agus Gaeilge Chonamara, todhchaí na Gaeilge i gceantar Cheathrú Thaidhg

Táid imithe leo 'Sea.

They are gone with them 'Yes.

Sea

Yes. If you are finding the dialect difficult to understand (North Connacht Irish), there is sometimes a standard Irish version available here also:.

Bhoil 'Sin é atá ag dul ag tarlú.

Well, that's what's going to happen.

Go leor áiteacha eile, 'Sea, 'sin é mo thuairimse, tá dúil le Dia agam go bhfuil mé go bhfuil mé.

Many other places, 'Yes, that's my opinion, I have a desire for God that I am that I am.

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Upside down.

Agus ó thaobh na Gaeilge dhó ach bíodh faitíos ormsa.

And as for the Irish language, but let me be afraid...

Tuairim agam nach bhfuil tú i bhfad amach.

I think you're not far off.

Faitíos orm nach bhfuil a bhfaigheadh sibh i bhfad amach dhéanfaidh mé aon chéad míle amach, mar a dúirt an fear é.

I'm afraid that you won't get far out, I'll do any first mile out, as the man said.

Leis an méid cainte atá dhá dhéanamh an bhfuil a fhios agat i réimsí na polaitíochta faoin scéal abair an an tá Coimisinéir Teanga anois againn mar a déarfá tá stádas níos mó againn ná ná riamh ó thaobh ó thaobh na Gaeilge.

With all the talk that is being done, do you know in the fields of politics about the story, say, we now have a Language Commissioner, as you might say, we have more status than ever from the point of view of the Irish language.

Tá stádas níos mó againn ná rudaí riamh ó thaobh na ó thaobh na Gaeilge.

We have more status than ever in terms of the Irish language.

Ar casadh orm chomh maith?

Did I also meet?.

thuas agus tá an chaint seo ann i dtaobh teorainneacha na Gaeltachta a atharraingt agus rudaí mar sin.

up and there is this talk about changing the boundaries of the Gaeltacht and things like that.

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and

An bhfuil aon bhfuil aon tábhacht leis na rudaí sin nó an ndéanfaidh siad níl a fhios níl mé ag rá go ndéanfaidh siad

Is there any importance to those things or will they do I don't know I'm not saying they will.

Sin é.

That's it.