PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is cuma ~ nó as é, it doesn’t matter about it.
Is cuma liom ~ nó éag, mo bheo nó mo mharbh, I care not whether I live or die.
Is cuma leis an dall cé air a bhfuil an bhreall, what the eye sees not the heart rues not.
Is cuma liom cé acu a bhí sé ann nó nach raibh, I don’t care whether he was there or not.
Is cuma leis an óige cá gcroithfidh sí a cos, youth must have its fling.
Is ~ liom, it is all the same to me; I don’t care.
Is ~ duit, it doesn’t matter to you; it is none of your business.
Is ~ cá bhfuair sé é, it doesn’t matter where he got it.
Is ~ cad é dúirt sé, no matter what he said.
Is ~ nó bás é, it is the same as death.
Is ~ ann nó as iad, they will not be missed, are of no account.
Is ~ ach gan an diúlach sin a theacht, it doesn’t matter provided that fellow doesn’t come.
Is ~ cé acu atá nó nach bhfuil, no matter whether or not.
Is ~ cé acu, but anyway; to come to the point.
Is cuma duit, it doesn’t matter to you.
Is cuma liom den ~, I don’t care in the least.
Is cuma liom sa ~, I don’t care a rap.
Is cuma liom agam nó uaim é, I don’t care whether I have it or not.
Is cuma sa ~, it doesn’t matter a damn.
An rud is measa de ~ a bheith ar nós cuma liom, the worst feature of it is your indifference.
De mo thairbhese de, is cuma liom, as far as I am concerned, I don’t care.
Is cuma liom sa ~, I don’t care a damn.