PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ó théann (sé) ~ go dtéann, ná cuir bac air, since he is going, which he is, don’t stop him.
Ó bhí ~ go raibh, since it was, which is true.
Ó thús, ó thosach, ~e, since the beginning of time.
Ó bhí an ~ sin ionam, since I was that high.
Is beag an t-~ ó bhí sí ina leanbh, it is only a short time since she was a child.
Níor tharraing mé m’~ ó mhaidin, I haven’t had a moment’s rest since morning.
Déan do chomhrá ó b’~ leat suí, have a chat since you seldom sit down.
(Tá sé anseo) ó aréir, ó inné, ~, (he is here) since last night, since yesterday.
Ó ~ anois; ó bhí ~ ann, since last year.
Níor ~ tú ó chonaic mé go deireanach thú, you haven’t changed since I saw you last.
Tá mé i mo bhambairne (ag cos thinn, ó cailleadh an capall orm), I am in a predicament, frustrated (with a sore foot, since I lost my horse).
Bhisigh an saol ó shin, times have improved since then.
Níl ~ ná slacht ar an teach ó d’imigh sí, the house has not been properly kept since she left.
Ní raibh ~ air riamh ó shin, nothing has gone right with him ever since.
Ó chuaigh ~ pósta uirthi, since she wore her wedding gown, since she married.
Tá sé ag brú ar dhaichead bliain ó tharla sé, it is close on forty years since it happened.
Tá ~ air ó chaill sé na fiacla, his mouth has sunk since he lost his teeth.
Ó ~eadh a n-athair, since their father died.
Níor chas sé orainn ó shin, he hasn’t come back to us since.
Ó tá ~ ár gcos againn, since we are foot-loose.
Tá ~ orm le caoireoil riamh ó shin, I have had a distaste for mutton ever since.
Tá sé ~ ón lá a rugadh é, he has been peevish since the day he was born.
Tá an gníomh sin ina cheathrú liath orthu riamh ó shin, that deed is a blot on their escutcheon ever since.
Ó tháinig ~ chugam, dom, since I came to the use of reason.
Is ~ ó, it is long since.
Ó chiorraigh an chinniúint ár leoin, since fate cut off our warriors.
Is iomaí ~ a chuir an saol de ó shin, times have changed very much since then.
Ó bhí sé i g~ na cabhlach; ó rinne slat ~ dó, since he was a little child.
Nuair nach gcreideann sé i dtaibhsí, since he does not believe in ghosts.
Ó cruthaíodh an saol, since the creation of the world.
Ó tháinig ~ chugam, since I first remember.
Ó chuir tú mar sin é, since you have put it that way.
Tá na barra ag cur leo féin ó bhisigh an aimsir, the crops are progressing since the weather improved.
Ó ~adh an saol, since the world was formed.
Ós tú atá ar an ~, since you are in a strong position, on solid ground.
Nuair nach bhfuil a dhath eile le déanamh aige, since he has nothing else to do.
Is fada de bhlianta (ó), it is long years (since).
Tá sé sna ~a de bhlianta ó chonaic mé é, it is umpteen years since I saw him.
Ó rinne sé lá, since it became day.
Ó bhí tú anseo go ~, since you were here last.
Tá an teach uaigneach ina n~, the house is lonely since they went.
Ó aimsir na ~ann, since the time of the flood.
Ní fios a n~ ó shin, it is not known how they have fared since.
Ós leat an ~ ná hagair cáin, since the indictment rests with you do not sue for a penalty.
Ó tháinig sé anseo is ea a d’fhoghlaim sé an Ghaeilge, it is since he came here that he learned Irish.
Ní hea ach fíoradh an chaint ó shin, no but the statement has since been proved true.
Ós ~ dó an bás, since he must die.
Níor ~ m’aigne ó shin, my spirits haven’t risen since then.
Is ~ an lá ó bhí mé ann, it is a long time since I was there.