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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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