ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní deir sin nach fear maith é, that does not mean that he is not a good man.
Cad é ~ na páirce sin? How far does that park extend?
Ní aithníonn fear an tsaibhris leath a ghaolta, the rich man does not acknowledge acquaintance with half his relatives.
Cá bhfuil an deireadh aige? Where does it end?
An dtagann sé? Does he come?
Ní aontaíonn an eochair leis an nglas, the key does not fit the lock.
An rud nach mbaineann leat ná ~ leis, don’t interfere with what does not concern you.
Ní ~ dó, leis, lámh a chroitheadh le daoine, he does not make a habit of shaking hands with people.
Níl ~ na hÉireann ar a chuid cainte, he does not speak like an Irishman.
Ní as na ~ seo é, he does not belong to these parts.
Cad is ~ don fhocal sin? What does that word mean?
Ní bhíonn tréan ~, violence cannot endure; easy does it.
Is é an ~ réidh is fearr, easy does it; the quiet life is best.
Cá tairbhe duit é? What does it profit you?
Cá miste duit? What does it matter to you?
~ deir sé? What does he say?
~ chuige a bhfuil sé díom? What does he want with me?
Nach tú atá ~ leis? What difference does it make to you?
Ní ~ mar a tuairisc í, it does not come up to expectations.
Is fada ón gcneá an ~, ‘the poultice is far from the wound’, the remedy does not touch the root of the disease.
Cad chuige a bhfuil sé díom? What does he want with me?
Is mór an ~ duit é, it does you great credit.
Níl aon choinníoll san fhear sin, that man does not keep his word.
Fear é nach dtéann le ~, he is a person who does not co-operate with others.
Ní críonnacht ~, ‘miserliness is not thrift’, it does not pay to be mean.
An té nach gcreanann leis féin, he who does not spend anything on himself, look after himself.
Nuair nach gcreideann sé i dtaibhsí, since he does not believe in ghosts.
Is mór an chreidiúint duit é, it does you great honour.
Tá Dia foighneach ach níl Sé ~, God is patient but He does not forget.
Cad é an ~ atá air? How does it end?
Cé leis an ~? To what family does the lad belong?
Ní thuirsítear fear na héadála, one does not tire of a profitable occupation.
Ní bhíonn fear náireach ~, [’a diffident man does not get many perquisites’, if you will not ask you will not get.
Cad é an ~ é? What does it signify?
Chomh ~ is nach ndéanfaidh sé aon dochar dó, provided he does not harm it.
Conas a fhéachann mo hata? How does my hat look?
Is é a fhor is a fhónamh é, it is all he ever does, all he is interested in.
An rud nach ngealann an intinn, what does not cheer, appeal to, the mind.
Ní chuimhníonn cú ~ ar a coileán, ‘a hungry hound does not remember its whelp,’ necessity knows no law.
Níl dochar i mbraon de, a drop of it does no harm.
Tá sé ~ leis féin, he has gone beyond control, does what he pleases.
Ní huaisle ~ rí ná a chuid, handsome is as handsome does.
Is mó an t-olc ná an mhaith é, it does more harm than good.
Is ~ chuige é, he does it well.
Bó, eilit, mhaol, hornless cow, doe.
Cá mhéad atá air? How much does it cost?
~ fheiceann, ~ fheicfidh, ~ fheicfeadh, sé iad, he does not, will not, would not, see them.
d) ~ deir, ~ déarfaidh, ~ dúirt, sí é, she does not, will not, did not, say it.
Ní ~ breac, one swallow does not make a summer.