I gComhrá E, chuala tú Bairbre ag cur na ceiste seo:
In Conversation E, you heard Bairbre asking this question:
An maith leat an ceantar a bhfuil tú ann anois?
Do you like the area you’re in now?
Mar fhreagra ar an gceist, dúirt Micheál:
In answer to the question Micheál said:
Is breá liom é.
I love it.
Seo mar a thugann tú freagra dearfach agus diúltach ar cheist a bhfuil An maith leat …? ag a tosach:
This is how you give an answer in the affirmative and in the negative to a question beginning with An maith leat …?:
An maith leat Baile Átha Cliath?
Do you like Dublin?
Is maith.
Yes.
Ní maith.
No.
Níl sé ceart liom a úsáid agus yes nó no á thabhairt mar fhreagra ar cheist mar seo – is leor Is maith nó Ní maith.
It’s not correct to use liom when answering yes or no to this type of question – you only need to say Is maith or Ní maith.
Dúirt Micheál go raibh aithne mhaith aige ar an teaghlach a bhfuil cónaí orthu in aice leis. Sa Ghaeilge, bíonn aithne agat ar dhaoine agus eolas agat ar áit:
Micheál said that he knew the family living beside him well. In Irish, you use aithne when talking about knowing people and eolas when referring to a place: