PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is é an ~ an comhartha, seeing is believing.
Cé ann a gcreidfimid? In whom shall we believe?
Ní chreidim ~ agaibh, I don’t believe either of you.
Tá ~ rud nach gcreidim, there are many things I don’t believe.
~ chreidfeá é, you would not believe it.
Cur i gcéill, make-believe.
Ná ~ a gcloisfidh tú, don’t believe everything you hear.
Dhéanfadh sé nead i do chluas, he would gull you, make you believe anything.
~im i nDia, I believe in God.
Má chreideann tú i míorúiltí, if you believe in miracles.
Nuair nach gcreideann sé i dtaibhsí, since he does not believe in ghosts.
~ uaim gur fíor é, believe me it is true.
Ní chreidfeá choíche é, one would never believe it.
Is deacair a chreidiúint (go), it is hard to believe (that).
Ní chreidfinn an lá geal uaidh, I wouldn’t believe anything he might say.
Más ~ a ndúirt sé, if one may believe all he said.
Ní ~ focal de, one should not believe a word of it.
Ní chuirfinn tharat é, I wouldn’t put it past you, I believe you are capable of it.
Rud a dhearbhú do dhuine, to assure s.o. of sth; to lead s.o. to believe sth.
Scéal is inchreidte dóibh, a story which they may believe.
Is ~ liom sin a chreidiúint, I find it hard to believe that.
Is ~ a chreidfí é sin, it would be difficult to believe that.
Gheobhaidh sibh creideamh fós, you will come to believe yet.
Déanann ~ fianaise, seeing is believing.
Déanann ~ fírinne, seeing is believing.
Ní ~ liom é, I don’t believe it is true.
Ní ghéillim do thaibhsí, I don’t believe in ghosts.
Creidim i nDia, I believe in God.
Ní chreidfinn an ~ uait, I wouldn’t believe anything you say.
~ sé air (féin) liom go raibh sé tinn, he led me to believe that he was sick.
Ní ~ nach gcreidim é, I am inclined to believe it.
Is fíor ~ gcreidim é, it is true that I don’t believe it.
~ chreid sé mé, he didn’t believe me.
Ná creid uaidh é, don’t believe it from him.
Is ~ a chreidim é, I hardly believe it.
Ná creid iadsan ach mise, believe me, not them.
Ná creid ~, don’t believe that.
Ní thugann siad isteach do thaibhsí, they refuse to believe in ghosts.
Tá mé ~ air (go), I am strongly inclined to believe (that).
Níor chreid ~ mé, you didn’t believe me.
~ é nó ná ~, believe it or not.