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Ní ṫ-ucfainn ad ċoinne ar a’ ḃfocal (ḃ=v) son. | I would not contradict you in regard to that word. |
Ní io͜mparóċ’ [iomċaroċaḋ] sé é héin ar ao’ rud a ḋeárfainn leis. | He won’t behave himself no matter what I say to him (lit. in regard to anything. |
Is gairid ná beiḋ aon t-solas againn ar ao’ rud a ḋ’feiscint. | Very soon we shall not have light to see anything. |
18. Ṫá sé ró-úġdarásaċ ar a ġnú [gnó] héin. | He is too imperious in matters affecting his own profession. |
Ḃíos a faire a’ ċuit ar a’ mbainne. | I was watching the cat in regard to the milk, i.e., so that it would not drink the milk. |
Táid ċun (or ċu) [ċoṁ] da͜ll sa Ġaolainn ar ċuid di ’s táid sa mBéarla. | In some respects they are as ignorant of Irish as they are of English (lit. “in regard of some of it”). |
19. Ṡin-é ṫá ḃuaim (woo″im) [uaim] ort. | That is what I want of you (question or request). |
Cad aṫá ḃuait (woo″it) ar ḋuine aċ a ḋíṫeal? | What more do you want of a man but his best? |
Tá an t-sr-eaṫ (thrah) ar a’ gcoitíantaċt. | The obligation of paying rates lies on the people generally. |
Nín aon dán-í-aċt agam orra—ní maiṫ liom aon dán-í-aċt [dánaiḋeaċt] a ḋéanaḋ orra. | I do not make too free with them—I do not wish, etc. |
20. An io͜mpú (iompóḋ) na baise. | In the twinkling of an eye. |
Ṫaċt an cat ar an áit sin é. | The cat killed it on the spot. |