PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is ann ba mhaith léi a hadhlacadh, it was there she wished to be buried.
A ghéire a labhair sí, how sharply she spoke.
5. Tá sí ag teacht ~, she is expecting.
Bhí sí ag caoineadh an t-~ a bhí sí ag caint liom, she was weeping while she was talking to me.
Níl ~ aici ar fheoil a ithe, she can’t take meat.
Shil sí ~ a súl, she cried her eyes out.
Chuir sí a ceann in ~ an anró, she made an unfortunate marriage.
Tá a máthair aici, she has her mother (staying with her, helping her).
Tá grá, gráin, aici air, she loves, hates, him.
Bhí mac óg inné aici, she had, gave birth to, a son yesterday.
Thosaigh sí ag caint, she began to speak.
Bhí sé ionann ~ (a bheith) caite aici, she had almost spent it.
Tá sí ~ chun comóraidh, she is of marriageable age.
Tá sí lán d’~, she is full of life, high-spirited.
Tá ~ baintrí aici, she has cast off her widow’s weeds.
Lig sí a gruaig in ~, she let her hair get tousled.
Tá scéimh an aingil uirthi, she looks like an angel.
Tá scéimh na hainglíochta uirthi, she looks like an angel.
Is í ~ na huaire aige í, she is his sweetheart for the time being.
Nach í an ~ í? Isn’t she a spitfire?
Dá mbeadh ~ aici ar na páistí, if she cared for the children.
Fágadh a h~ uirthi féin, she was left to care for herself; left without support.
Ise an ~ is fearr dom, she is my best security.
Is beag an t-~ ó bhí sí ina leanbh, it is only a short time since she was a child.
Ní mó ná go bhfuil an ~ inti, she is at her last gasp.
D’fhág an ~ í, she expired.
Tá a h~ istigh ann, she is devoted to him.
Chuir sí ciarsúr ~ ar a ceann, she covered her head with a handkerchief.
Tá gnaoi na hóige uirthi, she has the bloom of youth.
Tá sí ceanúil ar pháistí, she is fond of children.
Ar seisean, sise, siadsan, said he, she, they.
D’~ sí a lámha agus a súile, she raised up her hands and eyes.
Bhí an leanbh ina, ar a, ~ aici, she was carrying the child on her arm.
Chuir sí ~ ar a cuid gruaige, a cuid éadaigh, she did her hair, tidied her clothes.
~eadh na deora aisti, she was moved to tears.
7. ~eadh lao aisti, she dropped a calf (prematurely).
Bhain sí an leanbh den chíoch, den diúl, she weaned the child.
Níor ~eadh fúithi ach ag gol, she could not be stopped from crying.
Is olc an ~ í, she is a bad lot.
Tá iompar ~a fúithi, she walks like a queen.
Bhí a ~ léi, she was accompanied by her women attendants.
Níl aon bharainn uirthi, she is a bad manager.
Bhéalraigh sí an ráfla ar fud na tíre, she spread the rumour all over the country.
Tá sí ina ~, she has grown to womanhood.
Is é a ~, is é ~ na mná uaisle, she is welcome, the lady is welcome.
Chuir sí ~ ar an tine, she put fuel on the fire.
do) Rugadh leanbh, duine clainne, di, she bore a child.
Rug sí mac óg; rugadh mac óg di, she had a baby boy.
Rug sí barr áille orthu, she excelled them in beauty.
Bhí sí pas beag aerach, she was a little bit giddy.