Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste

Broken Irish is better than clever English · Iss farr Gway-il-geh vrish-teh naw Bay-r-lah klish-teh

Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste means Broken Irish is better than clever English, and is said Iss farr Gway-il-geh vrish-teh naw Bay-r-lah klish-teh.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Is better Irish broken than English clever. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Iss farr Gway-il-geh vrish-teh naw Bay-r-lah klish-teh, written the way an English speaker would read it.

More like this

• Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin: There's no place like home
• Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam: A country without a language is a country without a soul
• Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine: People live in each other's shadows (We rely on each other)
• Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí: Praise the youth and they will flourish
• An té a bhíonn siúlach, bíonn sé scéalach: He who travels has stories to tell
• Tús maith leath na hoibre: A good start is half the work

All Irish phrases, proverbs and blessings · Irish posters to print · Printable study sheets