Tá beagán Gaeilge agam

I have a little Irish · Taw byug-awn Gway-il-geh ag-um

Tá beagán Gaeilge agam means I have a little Irish, and is said Taw byug-awn Gway-il-geh ag-um.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Is a little Irish with me. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Taw byug-awn Gway-il-geh ag-um, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

The most useful sentence a learner owns. Say this and most people will slow down rather than switch to English.

More like this

• Dia duit: Hello
• Dia is Muire duit: Hello (in reply)
• Conas atá tú?: How are you?
• Tá mé go maith: I am well
• Go raibh maith agat: Thank you
• Le do thoil: Please

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