ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thosaigh sí ag caint, she began to speak.
Chuir sé ~ air féin, he began to sulk.
Bhris an sioc, the frost began to thaw.
Bhris an chuigeann, butter began to form in the churn.
Tháinig ~í ar mo chraiceann, my flesh began to creep.
D’éirigh siad ~ le chéile, they began to shout at, abuse, each other.
Tháinig an choscairt ar an leac oighir, the ice began to break up, to thaw.
Le drúcht is ~, when the evening dew began to fall.
Tháinig na deora léi, she began to shed tears.
Dhírigh sé ar chaoineadh, he began to cry.
Le saol na bh~, (i) since men began, (ii) for ages to come.
Tháinig ~ an gháire air, he began to smile.
Ní raibh sé fuaraithe nuair a bhí siad ag troid faoina chuid, he was hardly dead when they began to squabble over his property.
Thosaigh, chríochnaigh, sé leis sin, it began, ended, with that.
Le ~ na bhfear, since men began.
~ siad amach ar an gcomhrá, they began to converse in earnest.
Tháinig ~ ionam, i mo cheann, my head began to swim.
D’ ~ an fharraige, the sea began to seethe.
Tháinig ~ ar mo chroí, my heart began to throb.
Chuir sé ~ chaointe air féin, he began to blubber.
Ó chuaigh an saol ar ~, since the world was made, since time began.
Ó tháinig an bhliain, since the year began.
Tháinig trua agam dóibh, I began to feel pity for them.
Tharraing siad orthu staid na tíre, they began to discuss the state of the country.
Tharraing siad chucu mé, they began to talk about me.
Thosaigh sé orm, he began to attack me, to give out to me.
Thosaigh sí ag caoineadh, a chaoineadh, she began to cry.
Ó thosaigh an cogadh, since the war began.
Thosaigh an callán acu, they began to get noisy.
Thosaigh an comhrá eatarthu, they began to converse among themselves.
Tháinig ~ agam dóibh, I began to pity them.