Basic Conversational Irish

Question 1

Seán: Is mise Seán Ó Dochartaigh. Cé thú féin?
Brid: Is mise Brid Ní Bhaoill.
Seán: Cárb as thú, a Bhrid?
Brid: Is as Doire mé, a Sheáin. Cárb as thú féin?
Seán: Is as GaothDobhair mé

Answer 1

Seán: I am Seán Ó Dochartaigh. Who are you?
Brid: I am Brid Ní Bhaoill
Seán: Where are you from, Bríd?
Brid: I am from Derry, Seán. Where are you from yourself
Seán: I am from Gweedore

Question 2

Brian: Is mise Brian Mac Ruairi, Céthusa?
Liam: Is mise Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
Brian: Cá as thú, a Liam?
Liam: Is as Baile átha Claith mé, a Bhriain. Cá as thú fein?
Brian: Is as Gaillimh mé

Answer 2

Brian: I am Brian Mac Ruairí. Who are you?
Liam: I am Liam Ó Ceallaigh
Where are you from Liam?
Liam: I am from Dublin, Liam. Where are you from?
Brian: I am from Galway.

Question 3

Manas: Cad é an t-ainm atá ort?
Sile: Sile. Cad é an t-ainm atá ort féin?
Manas: Mánas. Cárb a thú, a Shíle?
Sile: Is as Birmingham mé. Cárb as thú féin, a Mhánais?
Manas: Is as Gort an Choiree mé

Answer 3

Manas: What is your name?
Seile. What is your own name?
Manas: Mánas. Where are you from, Sile?
Sile: I am from Birmingham. Where are you from yourself, Mánas?
Manas: I am from Gortahork.

Question 4

Máire: Cé hé sin thall, a Dheirdre?
Deirdre: Sin (é) Pól Ó Dufaigh
Máire: Cárb as é?
Deirdre: Is as Leitir Ceannainn é. Cé hi sin in aice leis, a Mháire?
Máire: Sin (i) Nóra NíChoinn
Deirdre: Cárb as í
Máire: Is Ard Macha í.

Answer 4

Máire: Whoe's that over there, Deirdre?
Deirdre: That's Paul Duffy
Máire: Where is he from?
Deirdre: He is from Letterkenny. Who is that beside him, Máire?
Máire: That is Nora Quinn
Deirdre: Where is she from?
Máire: She is from Armagh

Question 5

Pól: Cé hí sin thall, a Phádraig?
Pádraig: Sin (i) Sile Ní Dhónaill
Pól: Cárb as í?
Pádraig: Is as Gaoth Dobhair í
Pól: Agus cé hiad sin ag an doras?
Pádraig: Sin (iad) Colum agus Róisin.
Pól: Cárb as iad?
Pádraig: Sílim gur as Cnoc Fola iad.

Answer 5

Pól: Who's that over there Pádraig?
Pádraig: That's Sheila O'Donnell
Pól: is she from?
Pádraig: She is from Gweedore.
Pól: Who are those (people) at the door?
Pádraig: They are Colm and Róisín
Pól: Where are they from?
Pádraig: I think (that) they are from Boody Foreland

Question 6

Séan: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Bhrid, cad éan obair atá agat?
Bríd: Is Banaltra mé. Cad é an obair atá agat féin, a Seáin
Séan: Is múinteoir mé
Bríd: Cá háit a bhfuil tú ag teagasc?
Séan: I scoil I nGaoth Dobhair. Cá háit a bhfuil tú féinag obair?
Bríd: Is otharlann I nDoire.

Answer 6

Séan: Excuse me Brid, what do you work at?
Bríd: I am a nurse. What do you do, Sean?
Séan: I am a teacher
Bríd: Where are you teaching
Séan: In a school in Gweedore. Where are you working yourself?
Bríd: In a hospital in Derry