Cúpla Focal

Kiss me, I'm Irish!
Tabhair póg dom, táim Éireannach
 

Are you drunk yet?
An bhfuil tú ar meisce fós?
Just try saying this after a couple of green beers!

St. Patrick's Day blessing upon you
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
This is in plural, when speaking to several people.

shamrock
seamróg
St. Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagans of Ireland.

drunk
ar meisce
 

green beer
beor uaine
 

Some common Irish Curses - Use with caution

Imeacht gan teacht ort.

May you leave without returning.

Titim gan éirí ort.

May you fall without rising.

Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat.

May the cat eat you, and may the cat be eaten by the devil.

Gaelic Sayings and Proverbs

 Go raibh m&iacutele maith agat!
(A thousand thanks!)

 C&eacutead M&iacutele F&aacuteilte!
(One hundred thousand welcomes!)

 An rud nach leigheasann im ná uisce beatha n&iacutel aon leigheas air.
(What butter or whiskey doesn't cure, cannot be cured.)

 Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin.
(There is no fireside like your own fireside.)

 Giorraíonn beirt bóthar.
(Two shorten the road.)

 Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras.
(Hunger is a good sauce.)

 Is fada an bóthar nach mbíonn casadh ann.
(It is a long road that has no turning.)

 Níl aon leigheas ar an ngrá ach pósadh.
(The only cure for love is marriage.)

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Phrase: I don't speak Irish
Irish: Níl Gaeilge agam
Pronunciation: kneel gway-il-geh ah-gum (literally 'I don't have Irish')

Phrase: I only speak a little/very little Irish
Irish: Níl ach beagán/beagáinín Gaeilge agam
Pronunciation: kneel okh bweeuh-gawn/bweeuh-gawn-een gway-il-geh ah-gum

Phrase: Please speak a little more slowly
Irish: Níos moille led thoil
Pronunciation: kneess mwell-eh ledh hell (literally 'more slowly please')

Phrase: I don't understand you
Irish: Ní thuigim thú
Pronunciation: knee hig-im hoo

Phrase: Could you say that in English please?
Irish: As Béarla led thoil?
Pronunciation: oss bayr-lah ledh hell? (literally 'in English please?)

Phrase: Could you repeat that?
Irish: Arís?
Pronunciation: ah-reesh? (literally 'again?')

Phrase: Did I say that right?
Irish: An raibh sin i gceart agam?
Pronunciation: ah row (as in cow) shin ih gih-ah-rth ah-gum?

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Till we meet,
Slan agus beannacht!