Ownership, Buying and Selling. How to talk about exchanges and also how people's names are used. Here are some sample sentences to show you how these topics work. If you hover your mouse arrow over the speaker icon you can hear the sentence spoken.

Gaeilge (Gaoluinn)	Béarla	Éist
Is leis na Brianaigh an dá thigh sin thuas ar an gcnoc.	Those two houses up on the hill belong to the O’Briens.
An leo an talamh atá ar aghaidh na dtithe?	Is the land in front of the houses theirs?
Ní leo, is ar cíos atá sé acu ó fheirmeoir eile.	No, they have rented it from another farmer.
Is le Seán Mac Diarmada an capall a bhí agam inné.	The horse I had yesterday belongs to John MacDermot.
Is ag Máirtin Ó Briain atá sé inniu, mar níl aon chapall dá chuid féin aige.	Martin O’Brien has him today, for he has no horse of his own.
Ba ghnáthach leis capall a bheith aige, áfach.	He used to have a horse, however.
Cé leis an bád seoil sin?	Who owns that sail-boat?
Is lem dheartháir í, agus níl sí aige ach le bliain.	It belongs to my brother, and he has had it only a year.
Is dócha go ndíolfaidh sé an bhliain seo chúinn í, má fhaigheann sé duine chun í a cheannach uaidh.	He will probably sell it next year, if he finds someone to buy it from him.
An mór an t-airgead a thug sé uirthi?	How much money did he pay for it?
Thug sé deich bpuint fhichead uirthi agus níorbh fhiú an méid sin í.	He paid thirty pounds for it, and it was not worth that much.
Ba liom-sa í blianta ó shin, ach níl aon bhád agam anois.	It was mine years ago, but I have no boat now.
Ar dhíoladar as an móin fós?	Have they paid for the turf yet?
Níor dhíoladar, mar tá sí fliuch agus nílid sásta léi.	No, because it is wet and they are not satisfied with it.
Chonaiceamair Caitlín Ní Dhuibhir agus Bríd Ní Dhiarmada ag dul isteach i dtigh mhuintir Shúilleabháin ó chianaibh.	We saw Kathleen O’Dwyer and Brigid MacDermot going into O’Sullivans’ house a while ago.
Cá bhfuil inneall buailte Thomáis Uí Dhonnchadha ag obair?	Where is Thomas O’Donoghue’s threshing-machine working?
Ní fhaca ó mhaidin é.	I have not seen it since morning.
Chonac-sa aréir é ar fheirm Chonchubhair Uí Aodha.	I saw it last night on Conor Hayes’s farm.
Is linn-ne an pháirc atá ar aghaidh an tí, ach is le feirmeoir eile an talamh atá ar chúl an tí.	The field in front of the house is ours. but the land behind the house belongs to another farmer.
Ní liom-sa é, is ar cíos atá sé agam uaidh.	It is not mine, I have rented it from him.
Cé leis na beithígh atá sa pháirc mhóir?	Whose are the cattle in the big field?
Níl a fhios agam.	I do not know.
Tá cúpla bullán againn sa bhuaile, ach ní linn-ne na beithígh eile sin.	We have a few bullocks in the paddock, but those other cattle do not belong to us.
Ar dhíol Séamas Ó Súilleabháin as an dtigh nua fós?	Has James O’Sullivan paid for the new house yet?
Do dhíol, ach níor dhíol sé fós as an dtalamh.	Yes, but he has not yet paid for the land.
An mór an t-airgead atá agat air?	How much money does he owe you?
Cúig céad punt.	Five hundred pounds.
Níl an méid sin airgid aige.	He has not that much money.
Caithfidh sé é fháil ar iasacht.	He will have to borrow it.
Tá sé le fáil sa bhanc ar a sé sa chéad.	It is to be got in the bank at six per cent.
Cá bhfuil tigh Dhomhnaill Uí Chonaill?	Where is Daniel O’Connell’s house?
Tá sé i gContae Chiarraí, siar ó Chill Airne.	It is in County Kerry, westwards from Killarney.
Chonaiceadar Seán Mac Carthaigh ag teacht amach as tigh mhuintir Cheallaigh ar maidin.	They saw John MacCarthy coming out of the Kelly’s house this morning.

 

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