Indianola, Iowa | English doesn't even hold a candle compared to Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge)...here is a sample and translations.... 1 Bhí bean ag Joe
Is bhí banjo ag Joe
Is bhí banjo ag bhean Joe
B'fhearr go deo Joe ar an mbanjo
Ná bean Joe ar an mbanjo go deo. |
2 Tá sicín ina seasamh sna sneachta lá siocha. |
3 Tá ceann tuí ar trí thigh atá thíos le taobh na toinne. |
4 Tá neascóid ar ioscad an easpaig.
Ach níl a fhios ag an easpaig go bhfuil neascóid ar a ioscaid. |
5 D'ith damh dubh ubh amh ar neamh. |
6 Arsa Doug beag bog: "Rug gob beag bog gog beag bog. by Peadar ó Donnabháin
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7 Bhí Joe ag bean Joe agus bhí banjo ag Joe.
B'fhearr go deo Joe ar an mbanjo ná bean Joe ar an mbanjo go deo. |
8 An bhfacha tú an bacach, nó an bhfacha tú a mhac? Ní fhaca mé an bacach is ní fhacha mé a mhac, ach dá bhfeicfinnse an bacach nó dá bhfeicfinnse a mhac, ní bhacfainn leis an bacach is ní bhacfainn lena mhac! |
9 Go mbéadh seacht shliocht ag sliocht do shleachta. |
10 Ná bac le mac an bhacaigh is ní bhacfaidh mac an bhacaigh leat. |
11 Meallann muilte Dé go mall ach meallann siad go mion. |
12 Bhi an bhean bheag bhocht bhreoite bruite leis an bfuacht. |
13 Rinne Máire gáire gan náire ag an fhaire i nDoire anuraidh. |
14 Thabhairfainn gal don té a thabharfadh gal dom is gal aige is gan gal agam; ach an té ná tabharfadh gal dom is gal aige is gan gal agam, ní tabharfainn gal dó is gal agam is gan gal aige. |
15 Tá ailt ata ar ioscaid an easpaig. |
Rough Translations- Joe had a wife
And Joe had a banjo
And Joe's wife had a banjo
Joe was always better on the banjo
Than Joe's wife ever was.  - There is a chicken standing in the snow on a frosty day.
- There are thatched roofs on three houses standing down by the waves.
- There is a boil of the back of the bishop's knee. But the bishop doesn't know there is a boil on the back of his knee.
- A black ox ate a raw egg in heaven.
- Said small soft Doug: "A small soft mouth took a small soft egg.
- Joe's wife had Joe and Joe had a banjo. Joe was far better on the banjo than his wife.
- Did you see the oaf or did you see his son? I didn't see the oaf nor did I see his son, but if I should see the oaf or should I see his son, I'd ignore the oaf and I'd ignore his son!
- May your children's children have seven children.
- Pay no attention to the beggar's son and he will pay no attention to you.
- God's mills grind slowly but they grind well/finely.
- The poor, small, sick woman was killed by the frost.
- Mary laughed shamelessly at the wake in Derry last year.
- I'd give a smoke to anyone who'd give me one when he had one and I didnt; but the one who wouldn't give me a smoke when he had one and I didn't, I wouldn't give him a smoke when I had one and he didn't.
- The joints on the back of the bishop's knee are swollen.
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You think English is easy???
