in this video i'm going to show you two pieces of text in the irish language and i'm going to
break these texts down word by word and phrase by phrase so you can have a clear understanding
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okay so let's get on the video so here's our first piece of text
that i'm going to break down for you so i'm going to read this in its entirety first
then break it down and then read it again okay
so let's go down through it then word by word and phrase by phrase our first word there is bhuail so
that means to meet it's the past tense of to meet now the irish verb buail on its own means to hit
or to strike or to beat but when buail is used with le or le chéile as you can see there later on
in that sentence it means to meet so bhuail róisín agus réiltín that means róisín and réiltín
met róisín is a beautiful name it just means a little rose so róis for rose and then whenever
you add ín after something it becomes small or little or young and then réaltín as well
another irish female name it means like a little star so it comes from from réalta which means
star and then again ín means small or young so le chéile means together and we use that with the
first word of this text bhuail so that means róisín and réaltín met together taobh amuigh that means opposite or
outside of den séipéal the church so they met outside or across the road or opposite the church
amuigh there is a way of saying out when you're already out whereas amach will
be used if you're in the process of going out now i've made a video which you'll see here
which clearly explains the differences between amach and amuigh and isteach and istigh so if you
would like to learn more about the differences just check out that video i'll leave a link in
the description as well okay so back to the text anyway our next sentence here bhí sé ceathrú tar éis a trí
that literally just means it was a quarter past three it's just telling us the time so bhí sé
means it was it's the past tense of the verb be ceathrú is a quarter similar to the number four
ceathair, tar éis is after tar éis a trí after three it was a quarter after three bhí an aimsir go deas that's
just saying the weather was nice again bhí an means it was aimsir is weather go deas is nice or
pleasant agus bhí an ghrian ag taitneamh that means the sun was shining bhí again means the past agus
there means and, an ghrian the sun, ag taitneamh
means shining the sun was shining
bhí siad ag tnúth go mór leis
an samhradh a bhí rompu that means they were really looking forward to the summer that was ahead of them so
bhí siad they were ag tnúth go mór leis that means looking forward to a lot so ag tnúth means
looking forward and then go mór leis means a lot or very much so leis an samhradh a bhí rompu so
that means to the summer that was ahead of them so samhradh means summer and then a bhí rumpu means that
was before them or that was ahead of them rompu there is a preposition and here's the list of the
prepositions there for riamh which means before so...
and we use rompu in this text because we're referring to them as in róisín and réiltín them
bhí go leor pleananna acu agus bhí neart ábhar cainte acu so that means they had loads of
plans to do and they had lots of topics to talk about so bhí go leor that means there was lots of
and then pleananna means plans or activities le déanamh acu so le déanamh comes from
the irish verb déan which is to do or to make and then acu is another preposition there
and we're going to see the preposition here the preposition list that includes that here now
is the preposition ag which means at or on and again because we're talking about them we use
acu there in the context of this sentence agus bhí neart ábhar so that means there was
a lot of topics or a lot of subjects so bhí is was -there was like, nearrt means strength or
it means a lot of or extra or loads of let's say ábhar means subject and then cainte comes from the
irish word caint which means talking like ag caint is talking and then acu then as we said
is the preposition for them bhí neart ábhar cainte acu they had loads to talk about.
so let's read down to that again now having just explained it
here's our next text now so let's read down to it first then i'll explain
and read it again at the end
so let's go down to that there now ba mhaith leo that means they would like so if i said
ba mhaith liom it means i would like and you can see the prepositions there for le so
etc referring to me you him or her so again we're using the leo preposition here at the
bottom because we're referring to them to róisín & réaltín specifically so ba mhaith leo post a fháil
don samhradh- they would like a job for the summer so post a fháil means a job
to be available let's say so post is a job and a fháil means available or on display let's say don samhradh
and then samhradh is the summer so for the summer let's say or for the duration of the summer
labhair siad le bainisteoir that means they spoke with the manager so labhair is the irish
word to speak and siad is they like like róisín and réaltín they spoke
le means with bainisteoir means a manager an óstáin áitiúil so that means a local hotel, an =the, óstáin
means hotel and áitiúil means local so they spoke with the manager of a local hotel
agus roimh i bhfad so that's a great little phrase it just means and before long or it could mean
without delay let's say agus roimh i bhfad chuir sé agallamh orthu
that means he gave them an interview so cuir means to put and chuir there is the past tense of that it
just means he put, agallamh, an interview and then orthu to them or at them so
that's what it literally means he gave them an interview, thug sé post san óstán dóibh
that means he gave them a job in the hotel or he offered them a job let's say so thug is
the past tense of to give so he gave so thug sé he gave post is job san óstán means in the hotel
and dóibh is another preposition then and you're going to see the list of prepositions here for do
which means to
etc and at the bottom then is dóibh which means to them
because again we're talking about them róisín agus réiltín, thug sé post san óstán dóibh
he gave them a job in the hotel i measc na ndualgaisí so that means amongst their duties
i measc means amongst and nandualgaisí means duties or responsibilities that comes from the irish word
dualgas which means duty a bhí orthu that means that they had
or that was their responsibility let's say, bhí orthu na seomraí codlata a ghlanadh
so bhí orthu there means they had to it's a very handy little phrase if i swapped the preposition and
said bhí orm it would mean i had to i have made a great video on how to say i had to i have to and
i will have to this is the thumbnail to the video here and i will leave a link in the description if
you would like to check that video out but anyway back to the text here bhí orthu na seomraí codlata a ghlanadh
so that means they had to clean the bedrooms so as i said bhí orthu means they had to
na seomraí refers to the rooms and the seomraí codlata refers to the bedrooms and a ghlanadh means to clean
comes from the irish verb glan which means to bhí an obair dian so that means the work was hard
bhí means was the past tense of bí as we said before an obair the work so obair is work and dian is a
one way to say hard or tough so bhí an obair dian the work was hard ach thuig siad so that means but
they understood so ach means but and thuig is the past tense to say that somebody understood depending
on the prepositional pronoun so thuig siad means they understood thuig siad, thuig mé would mean
i understood go raibh an t-ádh so that means that they were lucky or that they were fortunate so
go raibh refers to the past tense an t-ádh means that they had fortune or that they had luck leo
is a preposition that we looked at earlier to do with the word le which means with so that they
had luck on their side or they were lucky to have a job post a bheith acu to have a job or that
they had employment so post means a job and then a bheith kind of means on them or associated with them
and then acu is the preposition that we looked at which means to them to róisín and réaltín
so let's read that text there now again having just explained it as i did
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