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So let's get back to these useful phrases that you can use, let's start
with a few here, Is dócha means I suppose or I guess, is dócha, Is léir
means it's clear or it's obvious and Is cinnte means it's definite or it's
certain so is dócha I guess, is léir it's clear, and is
cinnte it's obvious or it's certain
Is dócha go raibh Síle thar a bheith sásta = I guess/I suppose Sheila was absolutely delighted
so thar a bheith sásta means absolutely
delighted or incredibly happy
Is dócha go raibh Síle thar a bheith sásta
and of course you can substitute any those phrases, it could
be is cinnte/is léir instead of is dócha there you can mix and match as
you wish. Our next few phrases then Caithfidh mé a rá means I have to say
Caithfidh mé a admháil means I have to admit and
Caithfear a admháil means one has to admit so it's kind of like a free verb way of
saying it, caithfear a admháil
Caithfear a admháil go raibh neart rudaí déanta = one has to admit that a lot of things were done
some more phrases then, let's take a look at these two here
Is dóigh liom and Ní dóigh liom so this means I think or I don't think so is dóigh liom is I
think as in in my opinion and ní dóigh liom is I don't think so mar shampla
is dóigh liom gurb é sin é = I think that's about it
moving on then, chun an fhírinne a insint means to tell the truth
and le bheith fírinneach then means and to be honest or to be
truthful, le bheith fírinneach, so for example if we look at a sample phrase
there where we can use ní dóigh liom as well as one of the ones we've just discussed here
chun an fhírinne a insint ní dóigh liom go bhfuil Loch Garman níos measa ná aon áit eile sa tír
so that means to tell the truth I don't think Wexford is any
worse than any other place in the country
chun an fhírinne a insint ní dóigh liom go bhfuil Loch Garman níos measa ná aon áit eile sa tír
the other one there to do with
expressing honesty or truth is le bheith fírinneach, as I mentioned
and a quick example of a sentence there
le bheith fírinneach is cuma liom = to be honest I don't care
our next great phrase le roinnt blianta anuas
that means for the past number of years or for many years, le roinnt blianta anuas
an example would be - Is cruthaitheoir YouTube mé le roinnt blianta anuas
I am a YouTube creator for the last number of years
is cruthaitheoir YouTube mé le roinnt blianta anuas
our next phrase could be a very convenient way to start off a sentence
and that is i dtús báire and that means firstly, first of all or in
the first instance, mar shampla -
I dtús báire tá an tAontas Eorpach go maith d'Éire agus go maith do ghnó
in the first instance the European Union is good for
Ireland and good for business - I dtús báire tá an tAontas Eorpach go maith d'Éire agus go maith do ghnó
next then - i mbarr na sláinte
that just means in good health in good spirits, i mbarr na sláinte
Tá mo thuismitheoirí i mbarr na sláinte buíochas le dia = my parents are in good health thankfully
or thank God, tá mo thuismitheoirí i mbarr na sláinte buíochas le dia
and another great phrase you can use along with that would be the following
Caithfidh mé a rá go réitím go hiontach leo = I have to say that I get on really well with them
our next phrases
de réir cosúlachta and de réir dealraimh, now these mean pretty much the same thing
and they mean seemingly or apparently or to all appearances
de réir cosúlachta and de réir dealraimh
so for example, de réir cosúlachta ní raibh aon bhotún déanta
to all appearances no mistake was made - de réir cosúlachta ní raibh aon bhotún déanta
next
ag an bpointe seo and that means at this point or at this juncture
ag an bpointe seo sheoil siad ríomhphost go dtí an t-óstán
at this point they sent an email to the hotel - ag an bpointe seo sheoil siad ríomhphost go dtí an t-óstán
our next 2 phrases we could probably
use in the one sentence- níl sé cosúil le hobair means it doesn't feel like work
and ar chor ar bith means at all
níl sé cosúil le hobair ar chor ar bith, so that's bringing two
phrases into one, it means it doesn't feel like work at all, mar shampla
níl sé cosúil le hobair ar chor ar bith nuair a bhím ag cur an Ghaeilge chun cinn
it doesn't feel like work at all when I'm promoting Irish or when I'm
putting Irish forward - níl sé cosúil le hobair ar chor ar bith nuair a bhím ag cur an Ghaeilge chun cinn
and our next phrase then is a great way to express the dominant
emotion, so it goes like this
glactar leis go forleathan gurb é an mothúchán is mó atá le sonrú ná...
and then you say whatever the emotion is
so once again that means it's widely accepted that the biggest emotion on
display here is and then you say whatever the emotion is so
glactar leis go forleathan gurb é an mothúchán is mó atá le sonrú
it's widely accepted that the biggest emotion on display here is... and some emotions you
could say then could be I mean just just a few off hand - gliondar is delight or joy
gliondar, díomá is disappointment, brón
sadness, bród is pride and probably a few more over there there's some I can think
of just off top of my head so once again- glactar leis go forleathan gurb é an mothúchán is mó atá le sonrú ná
bród, brón, gliondar, buairt which is
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