ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Lean ar do láimh, continue with what you are doing.
Lean ort leis an rómhar, carry on with the digging.
~ann sé mé ar fud na háite, he follows me all over the place.
1. ~ ar do scéal, continue your story.
~ sé ar a láimh, he kept on at what he was doing.
Má ~ann tú ar an gcaint sin, if you persist in talking like that.
~úint ar aghaidh, to proceed.
~úint siar ar rud, to hark back to sth.
Má ~ann sé air mar seo, if he goes on like this.
3. Bhí siad ag ~úint air dul abhaile, they were urging him to go home.
Lean siad go ~ orainn, they followed us closely.
Lean sé ar ~ a athar, he followed in his father’s footsteps.
Má leanann sé ar an ~ sin, if he keeps on like that.