Category: Irish Word of the Day

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:An ndearna tú fear sneachta inné? Rinne. Sentence meaning: Did you make a snowman yesterday? Yes.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Tá sé ag cur sneachta anois. Sentence meaning: It’s snowing now.

Part of speech: expression Example sentence:Dar m’anam! Tá sé beagnach a haon a chlog agus beidh muid mall! Sentence meaning: Upon my soul! It’s almost

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Tá sé a haon a chlog. Sentence meaning: It is one o’clock.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Cá bhfuil an Bord Fáilte, le do thoil? Sentence meaning: Where is An Bord Fáilte (the tourist board), please?

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:An fearr leat fanacht in óstáin mhóra nó i dtithe leaba agus bricfeasta? Sentence meaning: Do you prefer to stay

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:An bhfuil lóistín ar fáil anseo don oíche anocht? Tá brón orm ach níl. Sentence meaning: Do you have a

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:An bhfuil suim agat sa ghlanmhatamataic? Tá Sentence meaning: Are you interested in pure mathematics? Yes.

Part of speech: expression Example sentence:Tá caint aonair Hamlet de ghlanmheabhair agam. Sentence meaning: I know Hamlet’s soliloquy by heart.

Part of speech: adjective Example sentence:Tá tú craiceáilte. Sentence meaning: You’re crazy.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:An raibh an scrúdú deacair? Bhí. Sentence meaning: Was the test hard? Yes.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Is trua sin. Sentence meaning: That’s a pity.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Rinne Circe muca d’fhir Odaiséis Sentence meaning: Circe turned Odysseus’s men into pigs.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Ná caith do chuid airgid go léir in aon áit amháin Sentence meaning: Don’t spend all your money in one

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Línigh an freastalaí seamróg i gcúr mo chuid Guinness. Sentence meaning: The bartender drew a shamrock in the foam of

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Beidh deoch an dorais againn. Sentence meaning: We’ll have a parting drink.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Deireann an comhartha ar an doras ‘dúnta’. Sentence meaning: The sign on the door says ‘closed.’

Part of speech: verb Example sentence:Tá siad ag siúl amach le chéile. Sentence meaning: They are walking out together.

Part of speech: verb Example sentence:Tá ocras orm. An féidir liom rud éigin a ithe? Sentence meaning: I’m hungry. Can I eat something?

Part of speech: verb Example sentence:An féidir leat mo cheist a fhreagairt? Sentence meaning: Can you answer my question?

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Tugtar ‘eachtardhomhandach’ ar neach a chónaíonn ar phlainéid eile. Sentence meaning: Beings who live on other planets are called extraterrestrials.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:An bhfuil neacha beo taobh amuigh denár ngrianchóras féin? Sentence meaning: Are there any living beings outside of our solar

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Ní plainéad é Plútón a thuilleadh, de réir na n-eolaithe. Sentence meaning: Pluto is no longer a planet, according to

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Ná féach go díreach isteach in urú gréine. Sentence meaning: Don’t look directly into an eclipse of the sun.

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Tá an ghealach lán anocht. Sentence meaning: The moon is full tonight.

Part of speech: expression Example sentence:An as Ceanada thú? Sentence meaning: Are you from Canada?

Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Is as Alasca mé. Agus tusa? Sentence meaning: I’m from Alaska, and you?

Part of speech: adjective Example sentence:Deirtear ‘máthair mhór’ do ‘grandmother’ i nDún na nGall, ach deir a lán daoine i gCiarraí ‘máthair chríonna.’ Sentence meaning:

Part of speech: expression Example sentence:Isteachaigí anois! Sentence meaning: You all go inside now!

Part of speech: expression Example sentence:Amachaigí anois! Sentence meaning: You all go outside now!