ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhris sé an litir, he opened, tore open, the letter.
Chlamhair na madraí a chéile, the dogs tore into each other, made the fur fly.
~ na madraí é, the dogs tore it apart.
~ sé mo chroí, it tore my heart asunder.
~ sé a chuid éadaigh, he tore his clothes in pieces.
~ sé a chuid éadaigh, he tore his clothes.
~ sé an clúdach den litir, he tore the envelope off the letter.
~ mé aníos as an talamh iad, I tore them up out of the ground.