blas
blasta
bláth
bláthach
bláthadóir
bláthfhleasc
bleachtaire
bliain
bliantúil
bligh
bliosán
bloc
blonag
blúire
blús
bó
bob
bocht
bochtaineacht
bochtán
bochtanas
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bliain
FEMININE NOUN
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year
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rugadh mé sa bhliain 1945
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I was born in the year 1945
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cúrsa bliana
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a one-year course
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conradh dhá bhliain
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a two-year contract
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
Grammatical forms
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bliain
FEMININE NOUN
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GENITIVE SINGULAR
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bliana
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NOMINATVE PLURAL
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blianta
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GENITIVE PLURAL
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blianta
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
Related entries
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bliain d'aois
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years of age
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níl sé ach dhá bhliain d’aois
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he is only two years old
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thosaigh sí ag dul ar scoil nuair a bhí sí seacht mbliana d’aois
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she started going to school when she was seven years of age
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cuireadh beirt fhear fiche bliain d’aois i bpríosún
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two men twenty years of age were taken to prison
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an bhliain úr
SYNONYM: athbhliain
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new year
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cuirimis fáilte roimh an bhliain úr
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let's welcome the new year
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cinn bhliana
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annual
at end of each year
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cruinniú cinn bhliana
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annual meeting
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i mbliana
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this year
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cá bhfuil tú ag dul ar saoire i mbliana?
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where are you going on holiday this year?
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ó bhliain go bliain
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from year to year
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bhí an fhadhb ag fás ó bhliain go bliain
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the problem was going from year to year
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tá siad ag dul i líonmhaire ó bhliain go bliain
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they are becoming more numerous from year to year
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bliain i ndiaidh bliana
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year after year
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déanann muid an rud céanna bliain i ndiaidh bliana
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we do the same thing year after year
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tagann na mílte daoine bliain i ndiaidh bliana chun páirt a ghlacadh san fhéile
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thousands of people come year after year to take part in the festival
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é bliain an
39ú focal
is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge.
Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 453 focal.
Bliain is the
39th
most frequently used word in Irish.
It occurs once in every 453 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
Related examples
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tá daoine á n-adhlacadh sa reilig sin le míle bliain
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people have been being buried in the cemetery for a thousand years
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tá trí bliana agat orm
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you are three years older than me
you are three years ahead of me
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tá neart oibre fós le déanamh sna blianta amach romhainn
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a lot of work still needs to be done in the years ahead
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glacfaidh sé sé bliana ar a laghad
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it will take at least six years
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d'fhéadfadh an beart a bheith críochnaithe faoi cheann sé bliana
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the plan could be finished in six years
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tá mé ag obair san áit chéanna le cúig bliana
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I've been working in the same place for five years
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tá sé chóir a bheith trí bliana d'aois
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he is almost tree years old
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tá an scoil i gcóiríocht shealadach le bliain
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the school has been in temporary accommodation for a year
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tá muid colscartha le dhá bhliain
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we have been divorced for two years
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cúpla bliain
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a couple of years
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cúrsa dhá bhliain
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a two-year course
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deireadh na bliana
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the end of the year
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glacfaidh sé sé bliana eile
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it will take another six years
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tá mé chun éirí as i mbliana
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I am going to retire this year
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bliain fhada
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a long year
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páistí faoi bhun deich mbliana d'aois
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children under the age of ten
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críochnaíodh an tionscadal faoi dheireadh thiar thall sa bhliain 2004
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the project was finished at long last in 2004
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foilsíodh an bhliain seo caite é
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it was published last year
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bhí mé fostaithe ag comhlacht Meiriceánach ar feadh cúig bliana
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I was employed by an American company for five years
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bliain go leith
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a year and a half
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beidh an tionscadal críochnaithe i gceann bliana
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the project will be finished in a year
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chaith mé bliain i mbun na hoibre sin
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I spent a year doing that work
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is iomaí duine sa tír seo nach léann leabhar ar bith ó cheann ceann na bliana
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many a person in this country doesn't read a book the whole year
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liostáil sé san arm nuair a bhí sé 18 bliain d'aois
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he enlisted in the army when he was 18 years of age
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an naoú bliain
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the ninth year
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ocht mbliana
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eight years
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na hocht mbliana
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the eight years
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saolaíodh í sa bhliain 1969
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she was born in 1969
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scaoileadh saor é tar éis cúig bliana sa phríosún
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he was set free after five years in prison
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an bhliain seo caite
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last year
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tá mé ag obair sa siopa seo le trí bliana
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I've been working in this shop for three years
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rinneadh rí de nuair a shroich sé 18 mbliana d'aois
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he was made king when he reached 18 years of age
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thagair sé do chás a tharla daichead bliain ó shin
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he referred to a case that happened fourty years ago
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tar éis bliana
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after a year
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tar éis dó cónaí sa Ghearmáin ar feadh dhá bhliain, tháinig feabhas mór ar a chuid Gearmáinise
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after he had ben living in Germany for two years, his German improved a lot
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tar éis go raibh sé ina chónaí sa Ghearmáin le dhá bhliain, níor tháinig feabhas ar bith ar a chuid Gearmáinise
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although he had been living in Germany for two years, his German did not improve at all
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chaith mé trí bliana thall ansin
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I spent three years over there
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thosaigh an bhliain
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the year started
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i dtrátha na bliana 535 RC
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around the year 535 BC
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tá sí tuairim is tríocha bliain d'aois
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she is approximately thirty years old
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tús na bliana
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the beginning of the year
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tharla sé ag tús na bliana
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it happened at the beginning of the year
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bhí siad fós i mbun oibre um an dtaca seo an bhliain seo caite
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they were still working at this time last year
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chuala sí an scéal óna máthair a bhí seasca bliain d'aois um an dtaca sin
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she had heard the story from her mother who was seventy at that time
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is beag baile i Meiriceá atá níos sine ná cúpla céad bliain
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there are very few towns in America that are older than a few hundred years
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tá airgead mór á íoc le scéimeanna cultúrtha gach bliain
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big money is being paid to cultural schemes each year
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Bhí an fhadhb ag fás ó bhliain go bliain.
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The problem was growing from year to year.
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Chaith muid bliain go leith i mbun na hoibre.
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We spent a year and a half doing that work.
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Shínigh mé conradh dhá bhliain.
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I signed a two-year contract.
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Thóg sé leathbhliain orm an leabhar a scríobh.
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It took me half a year to write the book.
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Tá trí bliana agat orm.
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You are three years older than me.
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Tá leanbh óg againn le bliain.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
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We've had a small child for a year.
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Tá Pól sé bliana d'aois agus tá dhá bhliain ag Nuala.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
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Pól is six years old and Nuala has two years.
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Tá Liam pósta le bliain anuas.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
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Liam has been married for a year.
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Do lucht féachana os cionn 18 bliain.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
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For audiences over 18 years.
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Leanaí faoi bhun deich mbliana d'aois.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
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Children under ten years of age.
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Tá mé ocht mbliana d'aois.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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I am eight years old.
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Naoi mbliana d'aois.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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Nine years old.
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Tá mé sé bliana déag d'aois.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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I am sixteen years old.
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an bhliain seo chugainn
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next year
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Dhá bhliain agus tríocha.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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Thirty-two years.
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Cúig bliana agus caoga.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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Fifty-five years.
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Tá sé dhá bhliain d'aois.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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He is two years old.
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Fuair m'fhear céile bás dhá bhliain ó shin.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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My husband died two years ago.
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Tá mé sa gcéad bhliain.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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I am in the first year.
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Ní raibh saoire ar bith agam le cúpla bliain.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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I have not had a holiday for a few years.
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Tá mé sa chathair le deich mbliana anuas.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
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I've been in the city for ten years.
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Tá sí trí bliana níos sine ná mise.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
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She is three years older than me.
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In Chicago atá sí leis na blianta fada.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
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She's been in Chicago for years and years.
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Chuaigh mé go Contae Chiarraí an bhliain seo caite ar mo laethanta saoire.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
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I went to County Kerry last year on my holiday.
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Téim ag snámh sa bhfarraige chuile lá den bhliain. Fiú sa gheimhreadh?
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
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I go swimming in the sea ever day of the year. Even in the winter?
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Tá mac amháin agam, Stiofán, tá sé cúig bliana d'aois.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
I have one son, Stiofán, he's five years old.
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Níl mé pósta ach tá mé ag siúl amach le duine éigin le trí bliana anois.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
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I'm not married but I've been going out with someone for three years now.
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Táimid ansin le dhá bhliain anois.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
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We've been there for two years now.
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Táimid inár gcónaí sa teach anois le sé bliana agus táimid an-sásta leis.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
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We've been living in the house now for six years and we're very happy with it.
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Ní thiteann sin amach chomh minic anois agus a thitfeadh blianta beaga ó shin.
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That doesn't happen as often now as it used to a few years ago.
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Tá siad ina gcónaí i Meiriceá leis na blianta.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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They have been living in America for years.
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Bhí páiste dhá bhliain d'aois acu.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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They had a two-year old child.
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Nuair a bhí sé 11 bliain d'aois, bhog an teaghlach go léir go dtí an Fhrainc.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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When he was 11 years of age, the whole family moved to France.
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Beagnach deich mbliana ó shin d'éirigh mé as an leaba in árasán beag.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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Some ten years ago I got up from bed in a small apartment.
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Is cosúil go raibh na hionsaithe seo á mbeartú ag saighdiúirí Osama Bin Laden le cúpla bliain.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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The attacks were apparently being planned by Osama Bin Laden's soldiers for several years.
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