Pota Focal Intergaelic
Scríobh focal Gaeilge nó Béarla. Type a word in Irish or English.
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céislín ceist ceistigh ceistiúchán ceistneoir ceithre cén cent ceo ceobhrán ceobhránach ceoch ceol ceolchoirm ceoldráma ceolfhoireann ceoltóir chaon cheana chí chomh
Cén fáth?
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
Why?
cén fáth
SYNONYM: cad chuige
SYNONYM: tuige
why
cén fáth ar fhan chomh fada sin?
why did you stay so long?
cén fáth nach bhfuil a fhios agat?
why do you not know?
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cén fáth an t-athrú?
why the change?
Dar leis an ollamh, níl soiléir in aon chor cén fáth ar tharla .
'Beo!', beo.ie
According to the professor, it is not at all clear why it happened.
theip orthu, fios cén fáth.
'Beo!', beo.ie
If they failed, it is not known why.
Cén fáth an raibh deatach ag teacht ó dhá thaobh an fhoirgnimh?
'Beo!', beo.ie
Why was smoke coming from both sides of the building?
Agus le cois sin, mba bhuama é, cén fáth nár pléascadh gach taobh, seachas an thaobh amháin?
'Beo!', beo.ie
And in addition to that, if it was a bomb, why didn't all sides explode, instead of just the two sides?
a Dhia, cén fáth ar thréig ?
O God, why did you abandon me?