Caint faoi nil rud ar bith
'Ar chuala tú go cloisfidh mé leis banna ceol sin go raibh tú ag éisteacht leis nios luaithe ar ball?'.
'Noir Chuala. Feicim go mhaca tú an scannan sin go bhfeicfidh mé anocht. Cérbh leis a bhi tú ag amharc air/cérbh leis a bhí tú é a fheiceáil/ Cérbh leis a bhí tú ag féachaint air?'
'D'amharc mé air le Peadar, cé leis a feicfidh tú é?
'Feicfidh mé é ar mo ionar, mar ni fheidir le Síle teach chuig an phictúrlann liom. An shíleann tú go mbéidh sé chomh fliuch anocht mar a bhí sé ar maidin'
'Nil a fhois agam go raibh sé fliuch ar maidin. Níor eirigh mé go huir a mhean a láe mar bhí mé amuigh an- dheireanach areir, ach, Ceapaim nach mbeidh sé ro-fhliuch anocht, ach nach mbeadh sé ceart nach mbeadh beagan fearthainne againn'
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Cuid 2
'Feicfidh mé é ar i mo aonar [i m'aonar "in my single-person", don't let English "on my own" lead you astray; mo and do usually become m' and d' before vowels], mar ní fhéidir [in the phrase ní féidir, ní is the negative form of is and causes no mutation, it's not the negative particle ní which is used before verbs and causes séimhiú (lenition) - although it looks the same] le Síle teacht chuig an phictiúrlann liom. An shíleann tú go mbeidh sé chomh fliuch anocht mar agus a bhí sé ar maidin? [agus is used in lots of idiomatic ways in Irish, much more so that English "and"]'
'Níl raibh a fhios agam [the past tense of níl a fhios agam is ní raibh a fhios agam] go raibh sé fliuch ar maidin. Níor éirigh mé go huair an mheán a lae mar bhí mé amuigh an-dheireanach [although an- usually does cause séimhiú, d- and t- are immune; it happens very frequently in Irish that d- and t- don't lenite after n] aréir, ach, Ceapaim nach mbeidh sé ró-fhliuch anocht, ach nach mbeadh sé ceart nach mbeadh beagán fearthainne againn'
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Cuid 1
Caint faoi nil rud ar bith
'Níor Chuala. Feicim go bhfaca tú an scannán sin go a fheicfidh mé anocht. Cérbh leis a bhi raibh tú ag amharc air/cérbh leis a bhí raibh tú é a á fheiceáil/ Cérbh leis a bhí raibh tú ag féachaint air?'
'D'amharc mé air le Peadar [since you're answering the question Cé leis...?, it would be more natural to begin the sentence with Le Peadar to emphasise that: Le Peadar a d'amharc mé air], cé leis a bhfeicfidh tusa [here the emphatic form of tú is better, since the person speaking is contrasting himself with the person he's speaking to] é?
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