PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cainteoir ~, practised speaker.
Cainteoir ~, English speaker.
Tá an ~ gallda ar an teanga aige, he has the English-speaker’s difficulty in pronouncing Irish.
Tá an teanga ó dhúchas aige, he is a native speaker of the language.
Cainteoir dúchais, native speaker.
Is ~ an cainteoir é, he is a remarkable speaker; he never stops talking.
Níl ~ ag ceachtar acu air mar chainteoir, neither of them can compare with him as a speaker.
Lucht gaoithe móire, windy speakers, gas-bags.
Guth, cainteoir, ~, clear voice, speaker.
Cainteoir ~, trenchant, forceful, speaker.
Is é ba ghrinne a labhair, he was the most discerning speaker.
Lucht labhartha an Bhéarla, English speakers.
Cainteoir ~, fluent speaker.
Cainteoir ~, long-winded, wearisome, speaker.
Bhí ~ mhaith Bhéarla acu, they were good speakers of English.
~adh le léann, le Gaeilge, iad, they were brought up as educated people, as Irish speakers.
Tá an-~ cainte aige, he is a powerful speaker.