Comhrá samplach - Proinnsias Ó Súilleabháin

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:04 | by Eoghan

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Transcript

"Dia dhuit." "Dia is Muire dhuit." "Conas tánn tú?" "Cuíosach, slán go rabhais. Conas tá tú féin?" "Ní gearánta dhom, baochas le Dia." "Bhfuil aon scéal nua agat?" "Níl focal. Bhfuil agat féin?" "Níl, mhuise." "Cad é an t-am é, más é do thoil é?" "Tá sé a hocht a chlog." "Is mithid dom bheith ag dul abhaile." "Tóg bog an saol! Tá sé luath fós." "Tá sé déanach go leor. Slán agat." "Slán leat is go n-éirí do bhóthar leat."

Translation

"Hello." "Hello." "How are you?" "Middling, thank you. How are you?" "I can't complain, thank God. "Have you any news?" "Not a word. How about yourself?" "No, indeed." "What time is it please?" "It is eight o'clock." "It is time for me to be going home." "Take it easy! It is early yet." "It is late enough. Goodbye." "Goodbye and good luck on your journey."

Commentary

This item, a recitation of a sample conversation, was recorded primarily for phonetic purposes. It is one of a small number of such items in the Doegen collection.

Title in English: Sample dialogue
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: Proinnsias Ó Súilleabháin from Co. Cork
Person who made the recording: Wilhelm Doegen
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 13-09-1928 at 18:20:00 in Convent of Mercy, Killarney (office). Recorded on 13-09-1928 at 18:20:00 in Convent of Mercy, Killarney (office).
Archive recording (ID LA_1091d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:41 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1091d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:41 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1091d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:39 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1091d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:39 minutes long.

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