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Giota Níos Mó (13)

Learn how to quick-text in Irish, and practise being very endearing to people! We’ll also find out what happened to Bran in our soap, Barr na Sráide.

Learn how to quick-text in Irish, and practise being very endearing to people! We’ll also find out what happened to Bran in our soap, Barr na Sráide.

Have a look at some of the key phrases in Episode 13 and try them out in your own time.

Glan an table - Clean the table
Tá sé glanta - It’s cleaned.
Déan an lón - Make the lunch.
Tá sé déanta - It’s made.
Líon isteach an fhoirm sin - Fill in that form.
Tá sé líonta - It’s filled in.
Druid - close
Druidte - closed
Oscail - open
Oscailte - opened
Léigh - read
Léite - read
Caill - lose
Caillte - lost

Tá an siopa sin druidte ach tá an siopa seo go fóill oscailte - That shop is closed but this shop is still open.
Druid an doras sin, le do thoil, tá sé fuar. Tá sé druidte - Close that door please, it’s cold. - It is closed.
Oscail an fhuinneog, le do thoil, tá sé iontach te. Tá sé oscailte. - Open the window, please, it’s very warm. - It is open.
Tá Bran caillte - Bran is lost.
Tá an leabhar leite - The book is read.
Tá an leabhar léite agam - I have read the book.

croí - heart, dear or love
a ghrá - love (when speaking to someone)
grá geal mo chroí - the bright love of my heart, my sweetheart
mo chroí - my love
a rúin - loved one
rúin mo chroí - love of my heart
a thaiscigh - my dear, darling

bris - break
briste - broken
ith - eat
ite - eaten
nite - washed
thart - over, finished

‘grma’ can be text for go raibh maith agat - thank you
‘eay’ can be text for oíche mhaith - goodnight
‘sgf’ can be text for slán go fóill - goodbye for now
‘ldt’ can be text for le do thoil - please
the letter ‘j’ can be text for cad é - what
the letters ‘an’ followed by the digit 8, ocht in Irish, can stand for anocht, an8 – tonight
‘kwul2’ can be cá bhfuil tú? - where are you?
‘gao’ can be grá agam ort - love you

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