irish vocab

Faoi shlat aici

under her thumb

lathair togala

building site

potairi

drinkers

filleadh chun tí

to return home

déagóirí drochbheasach

bad mannered teenagers

cotianta

common

caint ghairsiúil

shit talk

ag smaoineamh ar

thinking about

scaoileadh urchar leis

he was shot

bia bear leat

takeaway food

foréigean an Tuaiscirt

the violence of the north

ag streachailt

struggling

ciontach

guilty

sheas Jimmy leis

Jimmy stood up for him

ag meascadh leis

mixing with

saol an teaghlaigh

family life

Protastúnaigh

Protestants

codarsnacht ghear

sharp contrast

cumhachtach

powerful

uafás agus éadóchas

horror and despair

buaic ar an gearrscéil

climax of the short story

gan choinne

unexpectedly

Béal Feirste

Belfast

Bhain sé suimín beag

He gave little interest

Ar mesice

drunk

reasonable

reasúnta

dubh le daoine

crowded

Níor thuig sé

He didn’t understand

Bhí sé ag súil le

He was looking forward to

dílis

loyal

a bhuí leis

thanks to

iomaíocht

competition

Ní feidir a shéanadh

It cannot be denied

Is féidir le daoine fanadh i dteagmháil

people are able to stay in contact

breagadoirí

scammers

meabhar sláinte

mental health

seanóirí

old people

gealúint ar líne

online dating

féinmhara

suicide

in isle brí

depressed

fuinniúil

energetic

saoirse

freedom

dearfach

positive

uaigneach

lonely

íomha truamhéalach

pitiful image

daoirse

oppression

aipeanna

apps

shíor ag athrú

constantly changing

suíomh

site

ar ndóigh

of course

labhróidh mé

I will speak

fanacht

wait

a dtíortha

their countries

muintir

relatives

ceolchoirmeacha

concerts

gach cineál ruda

all kinds of things

gléasanna

devices

a mhúineadh

teaching

taom croí

heart attack

tacaíocht

support

teachtaireachtaí

messages

chruinnithe

meetings

díobhálach

harmful

méadú

increase

leadú

decrease

measlacha

offensive

leochailleacha

vulnerable

de réir

according to

taighde

research

go háirithe

especially

brú cnaipe

touch of a button

is mór idir inniu agus inné

it wasn’t that long ago

imircigh

immigrants

i gcónaí

always

de réir cosúlachta

apparently

go hachomair

in brief

ar na mallaibh

recently

nios minice ná riamh

more often than before

tá an tí ina cíor thuathail

the country is in a mess

tá an fadbh ag dul in olcas

the problem is getting worse

tugann gíotar faoiseamh dom ó bhrú na scoile

guitar gives me relief from the stress of school

Is í an Ghaeilge teanga na tíre agus is trua deistineach é nach bhfuil chuid mhaith den tír in ann í a labhairt

Irish is the language of our nation and it is a tragedy that most people can’t speak it

cosúil le gach rud, ní faic ar domhan nach bhfuil droch éifeacht aige orainn

like everything, there is nothing in the world that doesn’t have a negative effect on us

Nil lá nach dtéann tharainn nach n-usaidimid an teicneolaicht

not a day goes buy where we dont use technology

siamsaíocht

entertainment

uirlsi ceoil

instruments

sladmargeadh

sale

ag lort eolas

looking for info

labhair

to speak

ceili

danses

tra

beach

ag imirt eitpheil

playing volleyball

bhuail siad lena cheile

they met eachother

ag deireadh na mbliana

at the end of the year

oiche gradam

awards night

fogra

advertisement