ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Nach mór an ~ duit é! How dare you!
Nach mór an ~ eadraibh é? Must you keep it all to yourselves?
Níor tháinig riamh an mheidhir mhór nach dtiocfadh ina diaidh an ~, all our joys are overcast with sorrow; no joy without alloy.
Nach mór an fuadar atá fút? What a hurry you are in!
Punt nach ~, nearly a pound.
Ní ~ nach gcreidim é, I am inclined to believe it.
Nach mór an ~ atá agat ort féin? Haven’t you washed yourself enough?
Nach mór an ~ siúil atá faoi? Isn’t he in a great hurry to be off?
Is mór an gar nach bhfuil ~ ag na páistí air, it is just as well that the children can’t reach it.
Nach mór a thanaigh do chuid gruaige? Hasn’t your hair thinned a lot?
Is mór an ~ nach raibh tú linn, it’s a great pity you weren’t with us.
Nach mór an t-~ duit labhairt mar sin liom? Isn’t it rather presumptuous of you to speak like that to me?