This is your chance to talk now. Pretend you’re Peter and that you’re giving orders to Ciarán.
Seo seans duitse a bheith ag caint anois. Lig ort féin gur tusa Peter agus go bhfuil tú ag tabhairt orduithe do Chiarán.
Tip for users: Try saying the Irish version of the sentences which appear in bold after “Say:” below. As you do the exercise, check your answers in two ways: (1) click on the plus sign which appears at the end of the sentence and (2) click on the play button on the right-hand side.
Say:
Sit down, Ciarán, and finish your homework.
Suigh síos, a Chiaráin, agus críochnaigh d’obair bhaile.
Say:
Go to sleep. It’s nine o’clock.
Téigh a chodladh. Tá sé a naoi a chlog.
Say:
Get up, it’s a quarter past eight! You’ll be late for school.
Éirigh, tá sé ceathrú tar éis a hocht! Beidh tú déanach don scoil.
Say:
Put on your clothes and wash your face! Hurry up!
Cuir ort do chuid éadaí agus nigh d’aghaidh! Déan deifir!
Say:
Comb your hair.
Cíor do chuid gruaige.
Say:
Eat your breakfast. It’s nearly nine o’clock.
Ith do bhricfeasta. Tá sé beagnach a naoi a chlog.
Say:
Close that door - it’s very cold in here.
Dún an doras sin – tá sé an-fhuar istigh anseo.
Say:
Open that window - it’s very warm in here.
Oscail an fhuinneog sin – tá sé an-te istigh anseo.