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duine

MASCULINE NOUN

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person

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duine as Corcaigh

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a person from Cork

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cé hé an duine sin?

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who is that person?

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duine

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one

person

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duine nó beirt

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one or two people

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duine de na cailíní sin

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one of those girls

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bhí muid ag súil le triúr agus níor tháinig ach duine

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we expected three but only one person came

Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms

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duine

MASCULINE NOUN

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GENITIVE SINGULAR

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duine

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PLURAL

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daoine

Iontrálacha gaolmhara
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daoine

NOUN IN PLURAL

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people

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is breá liom labhairt le daoine

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I like talking to people

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is cuma liom cad a cheapann daoine

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I don't care what people think

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duine ar bith

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anybody

anyone

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níl duine ar bith anseo

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there is nobody here

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phósfainn duine ar bith!

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I'd marry anybody!

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níor tháinig duine ar bith

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nobody came

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duine éigin

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someone

somebody

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tá duine éigin ag an doras

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somebody is at the door

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thug duine éigin dom é

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somebody gave it to me

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duine éigin eile

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someone else

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duine uasal

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gentle person

gentleman

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gabh mo leithscéal, a dhuine uasal

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excuse me, sir

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a dhaoine uaisle!

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ladies and gentlemen!

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duine fásta

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an adult

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is duine fásta mé

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I'm an adult

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bréagáin do dhaoine fásta

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toys for adults

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gach duine

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everyone

everybody

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an bhfuil Gaeilge ag gach duine anseo?

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does everybody here speak Irish?

STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS

Is é duine an 23ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 246 focal.

Duine is the 23th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 246 words.

Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples

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duine amháin

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one person

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tá daoine áirithe den bharúil go...

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certain people are of the opinion that...

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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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ní duine de na mná ádhúla mé a bhfuil na fir de shíor ina ndiaidh

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I am not one of those luvcky women who are constantly chased by men

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bhí na céadta daoine ag an chruinniú poiblí

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there were hundreds of people at the public meeting

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is mise duine acu

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I am one of them

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gach duine againn

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every one of us

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bhí slua mór daoine bailithe timpeall an tí agus dreach an bhróin ar a n-aghaidh

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a large crowd of people was gathered around the house with looks of sadness on their faces

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tháinig 10,000 duine amach ar na sráideanna in agóid in éadan an fhoiréigin

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10,000 people came out on the streets in protest against the violence

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d'aimsigh sé duine eile a raibh taithí eitilte aige

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he found another person who had flying experience

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ainmníodh go poiblí na daoine a bhí ciontach

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those guilty were named publicly

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thosaigh daoine ag filleadh ar ais abhaile

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people started returning home

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is féidir le daoine aisling a bheith acu agus í a bhaint amach

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people can have dreams and achieve them

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duine anabaí

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an immature person

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ní ann don duine sin

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no such person exists

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tá duine éigin anseo

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somebody is here

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is mise an t-aon duine anseo

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I am the only person here

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duine aonair

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individual

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bhí breis is fiche duine ann

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there were more than twenty people there

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cá mhéad duine a bhí ann?

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how many people were there?

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is maith liom cabhrú le daoine

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I like helping people

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duine cáiliúil

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a famous person

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is breá liom bheith ag caint le daoine

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I like talking to people

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daoine óga is mó a chaitheann drugaí

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drugs are taken mostly by young people

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cé hé an duine seo?

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who is this person?

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na céadta duine

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hundreds of people

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sin é an duine céanna

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that's the same person

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is duine ciallmhar é

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he is a reasonable person

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cibé duine a rinne é, íocfaidh sé as

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whoever did it, he will pay for it

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duine cineálta

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a kind person

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is duine cliste é

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he's a smart person

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cnámharlach an duine

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the human skeleton

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glacaigí mo chomhairle agus bígí san airdeall ar an duine seo!

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take my advice and beware of this man!

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tá [duine] ar a chomhairle féin

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[somebody] does what he likes

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cuid de na daoine

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some of the people

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bíonn an-chuid daoine ag teacht anseo i rith an tsamhraidh

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a lot of people come here in the summer

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tá sé le cuimhne na ndaoine

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it is withing living memory

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cuireann [duine] [ainm] ar [rud]

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[somebody] calls [something] [a name]

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ní do dhaoine aosta amháin an club seo

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this club is not not just for elderly people

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an duine ar tugadh an t-airgead dó

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the person to whom the money was given

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tá sibh ar na chéad daoine a tháinig anocht

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you are one of the first people who came tonight

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rinne siad iarracht úsáid na Gaeilge a chur chun cinn i measc daoine óga

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they tried promoting the use of Irish among young people

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ní maith liom daoine cúngaigeanta

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I don't like narrow-minded people

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cúpla duine

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a couple of people

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níor vótáil mórán daoine ar a son, agus dá bhrí sin, chaill sí a suíochán sa Pharlaimint

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not many people voted for her, and therefore, she lost her seat in Parliament

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dar ndóigh, tá sé sin ar eolas ag gach duine

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of course, everybody knows that

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an dara duine

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the second person

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seo duine de na daoine nár íoc an táille

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this one of the people who didn’t pay the fee

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thosaigh daoine ag tuirlingt den traein

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people started getting off the train

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tubaistí nádúrtha agus de dhéantús an duine

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natural and man-made disasters

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daoine deasa

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nice people

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an mise an duine deireanach?

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am I the last person?

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duine dífhostaithe

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unemployed person

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is dócha nach dtiocfaidh mórán daoine

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probably not many people will come

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is eisean an duine is saibhre ar dhroim na talún

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he is the richest person on the face of the world

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an duine eile

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the other person

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fadhbanna na ndaoine óga

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young people's problems

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bíonn fáilte roimh dhaoine nua i gcónaí

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new people are always welcome

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is duine fiáin é

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he's a wild one

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ficsean do dhaoine fásta

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adult fiction

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bíonn an spórt ina dhlúthchuid den saol ag daoine atá folláin

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healthy people have sport as an intergral part of their lives

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cosnaíonn sé airgead daoine a fhostú

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it costs money to employ people

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bhí mé ag freastal ar dhaoine sa bhialann an lá ar fad

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I was serving people in the restaurant all day

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tá frustrachas ar [dhuine]

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[somebody] is frustrated

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daoine a d'fhulaing faoin réimeas cumannach

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people who suffered under the communist regime

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is beag duine a thuigeann an teanga sin

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very few people understand that language

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Duine an-deas is ea é.

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He is a very nice person.

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Tá sé le cuimhne na ndaoine.

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It is within living memory.

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Tá duine as Meiriceá i mo rang.

Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998

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There is a person from America in my class.

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Tá mé in aontíos le duine eicínt.