ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bíodh is gur gheall sé é, even though he promised it.
Thug siad gealladh gan ~adh ar a chéile, they promised not to betray each other.
Chuir sé de chomhad leis féin nach ndéanfadh sé a leithéid arís, he promised himself that he would not do the like again.
Gheall sé dá mhac, dá iníon, é, he promised it to his son, to his daughter.
Gheall sé tuarastal dom, he promised me a wage.
Gheall mé go rachainn leo, I promised that I would go with them.
An rud a ghealltar ó bhéal agus nach gcomhlíontar, what is promised with the lips and is not fulfilled.
Gheall sé a iníon dó, he pledged, promised, him his daughter in marriage.
Gheall sé na hoirc is na hairc dom, he promised me the moon and the stars.