ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chonaic mé ~ loin ba mhó ná do cheathrú martáin, I saw a blackbird’s thigh that was bigger than your little quarter of beef.
An mac dar mhó ár g~, the son we cherished most.
Thug sé na ~e ba mhó arís, he proclaimed, swore, louder than ever.
Níor chroith sé cos, crúb, ní ba mhó, he never moved after that, he was quite dead.
An fear ar mhó ~ daoine as, the man from whom people expected most.
Ba mhó a shola ná a dhola, he gained more than he lost.
Ba dhá mhó an ceann eile, the other was twice as big.
An neach ba mhó ~ leis, the person he abhorred the most.
Ba mhó an mhuinín a bheadh agam asat féin, I would have greater confidence in yourself.
Ba mhó ab fhada liom an lá, the day seemed long in passing to me.
D’fhan siad ann ní ba mhó, they remained there from that on.
Níor labhair sé ní ba mhó, he spoke no more.
Níor imigh sé ~ ba mhó, he didn’t go away any more.
Mó sa mhó, more and more.
B’fhéidir nár mhó an ~ ná an t-anró, the advantages might not outweigh the disadvantages.