A relative sentence is a more complex one where a second phrase is added. Here are some sample sentences to show you how they work. If you hover your mouse arrow over the speaker icon you can hear the sentence spoken.

Gaeilge (Gaoluinn)	Béarla	Éist
Sin é an fear a chonaiceamair ar an aonach.	That is the man we saw at the fair.
Is í Bríd a bhris an fhuinneog.	It was Bridget who broke the window.
An té is túisce a réiteoidh an cheist, is é a gheobhaidh an duais.	He who solves the question first will get the prize.
Is mó duine go mbíonn airgead aige agus ná deineann sé aon tairbhe dhó.	Many a man has money and it does him no good.
Cad é an ceantar gurb as tú?	What district are you from?
Ó Chorca Dhuibhne.	From Corkaguiney
An bhfacaís an bhean go rabhas ag trácht uirthi?	Did you see the woman that I was talking about?
Is iad na daoine is mó a bhíonn ag caint is lú a dheineann obair.	The people who talk most are those who do the least work.
Téir san áit is fearr go bhféadfair do bheatha a shaothrú ann.	Go where you will be best able to earn your living.
Caithfidh mé labhairt leis an bhfear go bhfuil a mhac san ospidéal.	I must speak to the man whose son is in hospital.
“Rud gan leigheas is foighne is fearr air.”	“What can’t be cured must be endured.”
An t-airgead a shíleas a bhí caillte agam tá sé anso im phóca.	The money I thought I had lost is here in my pocket.
Na daoine is túisce a tháinig is iad is deireanaí a dh’imigh.	The people who came earliest were the last to go away.
Cé acu capall a cheannaís ar an aonach?	Which horse did you buy at the fair?
Buachaill gurbh ainm dó Seán Ó Donnabháin dob é an scoláire ab fhearr sa rang é.	A boy named John O’Donovan was the best scholar in the class.
Cá bhfuil an chasóg a thugas ar iasacht do Mhícheál?	Where is the coat I lent to Michael?
Na bróga a dúraís a bhí glanta agat, táid siad salach fós.	The shoes you said you had cleaned are still dirty.
Is mó duine gurbh fhearr leis lionn ná fuiscí, agus tá daoine ná hólfadh i n-aon chor iad.	Many people would prefer porter to whiskey, and some would not drink them at all.
Tiocfaidh sé nuair is lú a bheidh coinne againn leis.	He will come when we least expect him.
Sin é an fear gur cheannaíomair an tigh uaidh.	That is the man from whom we bought the house.
Cad is ainm dó?	What is his name?
Is dóigh liom gur Séamas Ó Súilleabháin is ainm dó.	I think his name is James O’Sullivan.
Sin é an fear go bhfuil a mhac ina dhochtúir i gCorcaigh.	That is the man whose son is a doctor in Cork.
Cad é an ceantar gurb as dó?	What part of the country is he from?
Ó Thiobrad Árann.	From Tipperary.
Is é Diarmaid is fearr a dhein an obair, ach is é is lú a fuair creidiúint.	Diarmaid did the work best, but he got the least credit.

 

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