PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
M’~ do Dhia, (I commend) my soul to God.
Dia le m’~! God bless my soul!
M’~, m’~ le Dia, gur fíor é, by my soul (I swear) it is true.
Dá mbeadh m’~ (i ngeall) air, if my life depended on it.
Ar m’anam, ar mo choinsias, by my soul, by my conscience.
Dar m’anam atá i mo chliabh, upon my very soul.
Ar ~ báis, ar ~ Dé, a thug mé m’anam liom, it was only by the merest chance that I escaped with my life.
~aim le m’anam (go), upon my soul I swear (that).
M’anam ~ tá a fhios agam, I declare I don’t know.
Ní bheadh sé de pheaca ar m’anam, I wouldn’t have it on my conscience.
Go ~a m’anam le mo chorp, until my soul leaves my body, as long as I live.
M’anam don ~! I declare to goodness!
Tiomnaím m’anam do Dhia, I commend my soul to God.