PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé ~ as, he is barely alive.
Is cuma ~ nó as é, it doesn’t matter about it.
Bhí mé ~ as leis, I was in two minds about it.
Ná bí ~ as, don’t dither.
Scoláire ~ as, a middling scholar.
Níor chuir mé aon duine ~ ná as, I made no reference to anybody in particular.
Tá ~ ann agus ~ as aige, he can’t make up his mind whether to go or not.
Níl ~ amach as an teach ann, he can’t stir out of the house.
Tá fuacht as ~ ann, it is extremely cold.
Is ~ ann nó as iad, they will not be missed, are of no account.
Bhí ~ ann agus ~ as aige, he was between two minds about it.
~faidh tú é, as, ann, you will pay for it.
~ ann, as, switch on, off.
Tá dúil as ~ aige ann, he is exceedingly fond of it.
Ní ~ leo ann nó as mé, they don’t care whether I exist or not.
Ní mó leis ann ná as iad, he doesn’t care whether they are alive or dead.
Tharla ann agus níor tharla as é, it just happens to be so (and there is no use in wishing it were otherwise).