Expressing likes and dislikes 

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Is maith liom         - I like 

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Ba mhaith liom            - I would like 

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Is aoibhinn liom          - I love

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B'fhearr leof'          - they'd prefer

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Ní maith liom          - I don't like 

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Nár mhaith leis            -he didn't like

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Níor mhaith duit           - you didn't like

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Tá an ghráin agam             -  I hate

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Taitneachtach            - pleasing, acceptable

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Maith thú          - well done

 

Ráiméis            - nonsense

 

Tá tú in do scoth           - well done

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an-mhaith           - very good

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Go breá             - mighty

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Go hiontach          - mighty

 

Go maith              - good

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Moltaí go hiontach             - highly regarded

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Ní féidir a lochtú          - It can't be faulted

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a'teastáil              - needed, wanted

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a'teastáil uathu            - they need, they want

 

Nach dtaithneódh leis             -  (that) he didn't like

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Nach dtaithneódh leofa           - (that) they didn't like

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Prefer 

B'fhearr liom           - I'd prefer 
B'fhearr liomsa            - I'd prefer (emphatic) 
B'fhearr leat            - you'd prefer 
B'fhearr leis          - he'd prefer 
B'fhearr léithe          - she'd prefer 
B'fhearr linn            - we'd prefer 

B'fhearr linní            - we'd prefer 
B'fhearr libh          - ye'd prefer 
B'fhearr leofa           - They'd prefer