Irish Translation Forum

Could anyone please confirm these basic sentences? Is there a different way to say something? I just wanted to check if my book is right with it.

"Dia duit/dia daoibh" = "hello" (to one/more than one person)
"Dia is Muire duit" = answer to "hello"
"Slán/slán leat" = "goodbye"
"Slán go fóill." = goodbye for now"
"Go raibh maith agat" = "thank you"
"Conas atá tú?/conas tá tú?" = "how are you?"
"Ar fheabhas/go maith/cuíosach/go dona/go hainnis" = "very well/well/fairly well/not at all well/terrible"
"Cad is ainm duit?" = "what is your name?"
"agus tusa?" = "and yours?"
"*name* is ainm dom." = "*name* is my name"
"Cad é seo i nGaeilge?" = "what is this in Irish?"
"Cad as duit?" = "where are you from?"
"As Éirinn/an nGearmáin/... mise" = "I'm Irish/German/..."
"Cá bhfuil tú i do chónai?" = "where do you live?"


That's what seems to be wrong?:

"An labhraíonn tú Gaeilge/Béarla/...?" = "Do you speak Irish/English/...?"
"Labhraím." = "I speak."
"Labhraím beagán." = "I speak a little."
"Labhraím Gaeilge agus beagán Béarla." = "I speak Irish and a litle English."

And if speaking about another person:
"Labhraíonn *name* Gearmáinis, Béarla agus Gaeilge." = "*name* speaks German, English and Irish."


an ailteoir said the right form would be:

"An dtuigeann tú Gaeilge?" = "do you understand Irish?"
"An bhfuil Gaeilge agat" = "Do you have Irish?"
"Tá Gaeilge agam" = "I have Irish"


Could anyone please confirm that my book is wrong with it?


And please, can you tell me any other "basics" for a conversation? Especially any sentences I could use in this forum e.g.

"could you help me please?"
"could you help me translating, please?"
"how can I say ... in Irish?"


Go raibh maith agat I'll try to use a little more Irish in my postings.

i too would be gratefull if anyone can offer any clarification on this labhraim v tá..ag question.

Another question:

what would I have to answer, if anyone says "go raibh maith agat"? Is there any kind of "you're welcome" in Irish?

Ná habair é.
Tá fáilte romhat.

and there's another more informal reply
Ní bac leis but i'm not toyally sure of this.

an ailteoir wrote:Ná habair é.
Tá fáilte romhat.

and there's another more informal reply
Ní bac leis but i'm not toyally sure of this.

Go raibh maith agat

maybelline wrote:Could anyone please confirm these basic sentences? Is there a different way to say something? I just wanted to check if my book is right with it.

"Dia duit/dia daoibh" = "hello" (to one/more than one person)
"Dia is Muire duit" = answer to "hello"
"Slán/slán leat" = "goodbye"
"Slán go fóill." = goodbye for now"
"Go raibh maith agat" = "thank you"
"Conas atá tú?/conas tá tú?" = "how are you?"
"Ar fheabhas/go maith/cuíosach/go dona/go hainnis" = "very well/well/fairly well/not at all well/terrible"
"Cad is ainm duit?" = "what is your name?"
"agus tusa?" = "and yours?"
"*name* is ainm dom." = "*name* is my name"
"Cad é seo i nGaeilge?" = "what is this in Irish?"
"Cad as duit?" = "where are you from?"
"As Éirinn/an nGearmáin/... mise" = "I'm Irish/German/..."
"Cá bhfuil tú i do chónai?" = "where do you live?"


That's what seems to be wrong?:

"An labhraíonn tú Gaeilge/Béarla/...?" = "Do you speak Irish/English/...?"
"Labhraím." = "I speak."
"Labhraím beagán." = "I speak a little."
"Labhraím Gaeilge agus beagán Béarla." = "I speak Irish and a litle English."

And if speaking about another person:
"Labhraíonn *name* Gearmáinis, Béarla agus Gaeilge." = "*name* speaks German, English and Irish."


an ailteoir said the right form would be:

"An dtuigeann tú Gaeilge?" = "do you understand Irish?"
"An bhfuil Gaeilge agat" = "Do you have Irish?"
"Tá Gaeilge agam" = "I have Irish"


Could anyone please confirm that my book is wrong with it?


And please, can you tell me any other "basics" for a conversation? Especially any sentences I could use in this forum e.g.

"could you help me please?"
"could you help me translating, please?"
"how can I say ... in Irish?"


Go raibh maith agat I'll try to use a little more Irish in my postings.

All the top ones look right.

To say thank you to more than one person you say: Go raibh maith agaibh

Also, something worth noting is the fact that Dia Duit and the reply Dia is Muire duit are considered very formal, and natives would hardly ever use it in ordinary conversation. Commonly, instead of saying hello, someone will start the conversation by asking how the other person is.

Conas atá tú? = Munster
Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? = Connaught
Cad é mar atá tú? = Ulster

Don't worry about dialects too much, just be aware that variations exist, but once you have a good grasp of the language, you should be able to understand other dialects fairly easily.

Another way of saying My name is... , is by just saying I am ..... which is (Is) mise ....

An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? is the most common and 'correct' way of asking whether someone speaks Irish.

An dtig leat cuidiú liom, le do thoil? = Could you help me please?

Hope that helps

Also, one of my favourite words to be used in conversation is cinnte which means Indeed.

You'd be surprised how much you can use one word

Go raibh maith agat, Ben

Tá fáilte romhat

maybelline wrote:

an ailteoir wrote:Ná habair é.
Tá fáilte romhat.

and there's another more informal reply
Ní bac leis but i'm not toyally sure of this.

Go raibh maith agat

Ní bac leis