PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An rud atá sé a scríobh, what he is writing.
Céard atá tú a rá? What are you saying?
Sin é a deir na húdair, that is what the authorities state.
Cad a déarfá le deoch? What would you say to a drink?
Deirimse mairteoil leat! That’s what I call beef!
~ leat, continue your story; say what you have to say.
Sin é a deirim, that’s what I mean.
Is doiligh ~ a bhaint as a chuid cainte, it is hard to make sense out of what he says.
~ a bhaint as caint, a dhéanamh de chaint, to make sense out of what is said; to draw a conclusion from what is said.
Sin é a bhí agat a dhéanamh, that is what you should have done.
An rud a bhí sé ag iarraidh a dhéanamh, what he was trying to do.
An rud atá in ~ lena thoil, what he really wishes.
Dá mbeadh breith, greim, ar a ~ aige, if he could undo what he has done.
Cad ab ~ leat díom? What do you want with me?
Cad ab ~ leat á dhéanamh sin? What are you doing that for?
Is é ab ~ liom a rá, what I want to say is.
Cá h~ é? Cá h~ dó? Cad is ~ dó? Cén t-~ atá air? What is his name?
Ní hé is mó atá ar m’~, that is not what concerns me most.
An rud is ~ air, what he deserves.
Ní hé is ~ air, it is not what he deserves.
Níorbh áirithe ar thug sé dúinn, what he gave us was not worth mentioning.
Níl a fhios ag duine cad é atá in ~ dó, no man knows what is in store for him.
Ní hé sin an chiall atá leis san ~ eile, that is not what it means in the other passage, context.
Tá ~ do shúl leat, you have got what you fancied.
Dá mbeadh breith ar a ~ aige, if he could undo what he has done.
~ ar chuala tú, repeat what you heard.
Cén t-~ é? Cad é an t-~ atá sé? What time is it?
Is é an t-~ agat é! Is é ~ duit é! What a time you choose!
Is againn a bhí an lá! What a day we had!
Cad is grá ~? What is love?
An rud is ~ is iontach, what’s seldom is wonderful; anything unusual draws attention.
Cá h~, cén ~, é? What age is he?
Ar ~ fhocal, ar ~ tuairim, leat, in agreement with what you say, think.
Cad tá ort? What’s wrong with you?
Cad é an chaint atá ort? What are you talking about?
An rud atá ar mo cheann, what is in store for me.
Sin é ar ~ agat, that is exactly what he is like.
Níl a fhios agam (go) ~ cad a tharla, I don’t know exactly what happened.
Cad a bhain dó? What happened to him?
An rud nach mbaineann leat ná ~ leis, don’t interfere with what does not concern you.
Dá mbeadh ~ do leasa fút, if you wished to do what was good for you.
Cad é do bharúil air? What do you think of it?
An bhfuil ~ ar bith agat den aimsir? Have you any idea of what the weather will be like?
Baineadh ~ as mo chuid cainte, an inference was drawn from what I said.
As sin a tháinig a bhás, that is what brought about his death.
An dtig leat ~ a bhaint as a chuid cainte? Can you tell exactly what he says?
Déan do bheag is do mhór de, make what you like of it.
D’aigne ní aithním a bheag, I have no idea what is in your mind.
Fuair sé breith a bhéil féin, he got what he asked for.
Tá fios a bhealaigh aige, he knows where he is going, what he is doing.