Pronunciation
Phrases & Vocabulary
Irish Language
Travel Guides
- Leave me alone.
- Lig dom. ("ligg dum")
- Don't touch me!
- Ná bain dom! ("NAW bine dum!")
- I'll call the police.
- Cuirfidh mé fios ar na Gardaí!. ( KIRR-EE may FISS air nah gard-EE! )
- Police!
- Gardaí! ( guard-EE! )
- Stop! Thief!
- Stad! Gadaí! ( STODD! god-EE!! )
- I need your help (singular).
- Tá do chabhair de dhíth orm. ("TAW doh KHOWER deh YEE urr-um") (KH is gutteral, OWER is like English "tower")
- It's an emergency.
- Is éigeandáil í. ("Iss AE-GUN-dall EE.")
- I'm lost.
- Táim caillte. (TAW'M kyle-cheh)
- I lost my bag.
- Chaill mé mo mhála. ( KYLE may muh WALL-a )
- I lost my wallet.
- Chaill mé mo thiachog. ("KYLE may muh HEE-UH-Hohg")
- I'm sick.
- Tá mé tinn. ("Taw may chin")
- I've been injured.
- Táim gortaithe. ( TAWM GORT-i-HAH )
- I need a doctor.
- Tá dochtúir a dhíobháil orm. ("Taw DOCH-TOOR deh YEE urr-im") (dochtúir is gutteral)
- Can I use your phone?
- An bhfuil cead agam do ghutháin a úsáíd? ( ON will KYAD a-GUM duh ghuh-HAWN a OO-SOYD? )
