Chuala tú na habairtí seo a leanas agus daoine á gcur in aithne i gComhrá C agus i gCómhrá D:
You heard the following sentences when people were being introduced in Conversations C and D:
Seo é Colm.
This is Colm.
Seo iad Michelle agus Peadar.
This is Michelle and Peadar.
Úsáideann tú é nuair a bhíonn fear á chur in aithne, mar sin, agus iad nuair a bhíonn níos mó ná duine amháin ann. Seo mar a chuireann tú bean in aithne:
You use é when a man is being introduced, then, and iad when there is more than one person. This is how you introduce a woman:
Seo í Seosaimhín.
This is Seosaimhín.
Chuala tú daoine ag rá slán lena chéile chomh maith. Seo thíos na rialacha a bhaineann le slán.
You heard people saying goodbye to each other as well. The rules for using slán are given below.
Ag labhairt le duine amháin
Speaking to one person
Úsáideann an duine a bhíonn ag imeacht ón gcomhluadar agat agus an duine a bhíonn ag fanacht leat. Sa chomhrá seo a leanas tá Ciarán ag fanacht ina oifig agus Deirdre ag imeacht amach an doras.
The person leaving the company uses agat and the person staying behind uses leat. In the following conversation Ciarán is staying in his office and Deirdre is going out the door.
Ciarán:
Slán leat, a Dheirdre. Feicfidh mé ar maidin tú.
Goodbye Deirdre. I’ll see you in the morning.
Deirdre:
Slán agat, a Chiaráin. Ná bí ag obair go róchrua!
Goodbye, Ciarán. Don’t work too hard!
Ag labhairt le níos mó ná duine amháin
Speaking to more than one person
Úsáideann tú libh agus tú ag labhairt le níos mó ná duine amháin. Sa chomhrá seo a leanas tá Susan ag labhairt le beirt a bhí ar cuairt aici agus atá ag fágáil an tí anois:
You use libh when speaking to more than one person. In the following conversation, Susan is speaking to two people who were visiting her but are leaving her house now: