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Giota Beag Eile Lesson 9: ‘I’m Sick,’ and ‘tá mé buartha’
Created 01/12/2000
Learn how to say that you’re sick and find out what tá mé buartha, the phrase of the week means.
Cad é atá ort? What’s wrong with you?
Tá tinneas orm I’m sick
Tá mé go measartha I’m not too bad
Tá slaghdán orm I have a cold
Tá tinneas cinn orm I have a headache
Tá tinneas goile orm fosta I also have a stomach ache
Tinneas fiacaile Toothache
Tá biseach orm I’m better
Orm, ort, air, uirthi On me, on you, on him, on her
Tá drochspionn orm I’m not in great form
Tá spionn mhaith orm I’m in great form
Tá mé buartha I’m sorry/I’m worried
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