Irish/Déise Irish/TEG Déise

This page will explore the Déise dialect utilising material from the TEG grading system by taking the standardised Irish presented in TEG materials and converting it into dialectal form.

A1 Déise

Topic 1: Meeting People

Greeting and replying to someone

Grammar

Prepositional Pronouns

"to you" (2nd sg.) - doit
"to you" (2nd pl.) - díbh

Vocabulary

Proper Nouns

"Dia" - God
"Muire" - Mary, mother of Jesus

Functions

"Hello!" (to one person)
Dia dhoit!

"Hello!" (response to one person)
Dia’s Muire dhoit!

"Hello!" (to multiple people)
Dia dhíbh!

"Hello!" (response to multiple people)
Dia’s Muire dhíbh!

Notes

• Following a word that ends with a vowel, doit, doitse, díbh and díbhse become dhoit, dhoitse, dhíbh and dhíbhse.
• The full phrase is can often be go mbeannaí Dia dhoit/dhíbh, but this is usually just shortened to Dia dhoit/dhíbh.
• The initial hello can be [go mbeannaí] Dia's Muire dhoit/dhíbh to which the reply would be [go mbeannaí] Dia's Muire dhoit/dhíbh is Pádraig.

Asking people how they are and replying to the same question

Grammar

Interrogatives

"How am/are/is…?"
Conas athá…?

"Am/are/is…?"
Buil…?

Pronouns

"me" (1st sg.) - me
"you" (2nd sg.) - tu
"we" (1st pl.) - sinn
"you" (2nd pl.) - sibh

"me, myself" (1st sg.) - me héin
"you, yourself" (2nd sg.) - tu héin
"we, ourselves" (1st pl.) - sinn héin
"you, yourselves" (2nd pl.) - sibh héin

Prepositional Pronouns

"at you" (2nd sg.) - 'gut
"at you" (2nd pl.) - 'gaibh

Vocabulary

Adjectives

"good, well" - maith
"fine, middling" - cuíosach

Functions

"How are you?" (to one person)
Conas athá tu?

"How are you?" (to one multiple people)
Conas athá sibh?

"[I am] well, thank you. And you?" (to one person)
[Tháim] go maith, go rai' maith agut. Agus tu héin?

"[We are] well, thank you. And you?" (to multiple people)
[Tháimíd] go maith, go rai' maith agaibh. Agus sibh héin?

"[I am] fine/middling."
[Tháim] cuíosach.

"Are you well?" (to one person)
Buil tu go maith?

"Are you well?" (to multiple people)
Buil sibh go maith?

"I am. I am fine, thank you." (to one person)
Thá. Tháim cuíosach, go rai' maith agut.

"We are. We are fine, thank you." (to multiple people)
Thá. Tháimíd cuíosach, go rai' maith agaibh.

Notes

• Following a word that ends with a consonant, 'gut
  and 'gaibh become agut and agaibh.
• Common alternatives to "how are you?" (to one person) are conas tathá tu? and conas tá tu?, and less common alternatives are conas atháir?, conas tatháir? and conas táir?.
• Common alternatives to "how are you?" (to one multiple people) are conas tathá sibh? and conas tá sibh?.
• Never said is conas thá…?, only conas athá…?, conas tathá…? or conas tá…?.
• A common alternative to tháim is thá me.
• Never said is thá sinn, only tháimíd.
• A common alternative to héin is héineach, and héinig is a less common alternative.
• A common alternative to cuíosach is maith go leor, and 'dir a bheith eatarra is a less common alternative.
• A less common alternative to buil tu…? is builir…?.

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Grammar

Pronouns

"he" (3rd sg. masc.) - se
"she" (3rd sg. fem.) - sí
"they" (3rd pl.) - siad

Prepositional Pronouns

"on you" (2nd sg.) - ort
"on you" (2nd pl.) - oraibh

"to you" (2nd sg. emph.) - doitse
"to you" (2nd pl. emph.) - díbhse
"on you" (2nd sg. emph.) - ortsa
"on you" (2nd pl. emph.) - oraibhse

Vocabulary

Cardinal Numbers 0-10

0 "zero" - neamhní
1 "one" - haon
2 "two" - dó
3 "three" - trí
4 "four" - ceathair
5 "five" - cúig
6 "six" - sé
7 "seven" - seacht
8 "eight" - hocht
9 "nine" - naoi
10 "ten" - deich