Your turn! 3
This is your chance to talk now. Pretend you’re Róisín and that you’re talking to Ciara.
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: | I had a great weekend, I have to say. | |
| Ciara: | Cén fáth? | |
| Say: | I went out to dinner on Saturday night with that man, David, that I met last month. | |
| Ciara: | Dáiríre! An raibh am deas agaibh? | |
| Say: | Yes. We had a very nice time. | |
| Ciara: | Cén áit a ndeachaigh sibh? | |
| Say: | We went to that new Indian restaurant beside the library. | |
| Ciara: | Ó, is ea. An raibh an bia go deas? | |
| Say: | Yes and the meal was very cheap. We stayed there until eleven, and then we had a few drinks. | |
| Ciara: | Cén t-am a chuaigh tú abhaile? | |
| Say: | I didn’t go home - I stayed with David. | |
| Ciara: | D’fhan tú thar oíche leis; is cailín dána thú! |