Seachtar fear á gceistiú – Seven men being questioned

This article is related to an article on Nuacht RTÉ

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Seachtar fear á gceistiú

Tá eolas nua againn ar scéal na ndrugaí amach ó chósta Chorcaí.

Gan dabht tá go leor mangairí drugaí míshásta inniu i Meiriceá Theas go háirithe na daoine sa stáisiún Gardaí.

De réir ailt a bhaineann le Nuacht RTÉ

Tá seachtar fear á gceistiú ag na Gardaí maidir leis an gcócaon a fuarthas ar lastlong amach ó chósta Chorcaí arú inné.

Bhí 25 duine ar bord na loinge nuair a gabhadh seilbh uirthi.

Tá fear de bhunadh na hIaráine agus beirt ón Úcráin.

Tá siad i measc an tseachtair atá á gceistiú ag na Gardaí.

Tuigtear go bhfuil na Gardaí ag labhairt leis an gcuid eile den chriú freisin.

Translation

Seachtar fear á gceistiú

Seven men being questioned

Tá eolas nua againn ar scéal na ndrugaí amach ó chósta Chorcaí.

We have new information on the drug story off the Cork coast.

Gan dabht tá go leor mangairí drugaí míshásta inniu i Meiriceá Theas go háirithe na daoine sa stáisiún Gardaí.

Without a doubt many drug dealers are unhappy today in South America in particular the people in the Garda station.

De réir ailt a bhaineann le Nuacht RTÉ:

According to an article relating to RTÉ News:

Tá seachtar fear á gceistiú ag na Gardaí maidir leis an gcócaon a fuarthas ar lastlong amach ó chósta Chorcaí arú inné.

There are seven men being questioned by the Gardai in relation to the cocaine found on a cargo ship off the Cork coast the day before yesterday.

Bhí 25 duine ar bord na loinge nuair a gabhadh seilbh uirthi.

There were 25 people on board the ship when she was seized.

Tá fear de bhunadh na hIaráine agus beirt ón Úcráin.

There is a man of Iranian origin and two from Ukraine.

Tá siad i measc an tseachtair atá á gceistiú ag na Gardaí.

They are among the seven who are being questioned by the Gardai.

Tuigtear go bhfuil na Gardaí ag labhairt leis an gcuid eile den chriú freisin.

It is understood that the Gardai are talking with the rest of the crew too.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary is a breakdown of Irish syntax showing individual words that can be used on their own or a combination of words that must be grouped together to form a phrase.

Seachtar fear

Seven men

á gceistiú

being questioned

Tá eolas nua againn

We have new information

ar scéal na ndrugaí

on the drug story

amach ó chósta Chorcaí.

off the Cork of coast.

Gan dabht

Without a doubt

tá go leor mangairí drugaí míshásta

many drug dealers are unhappy

inniu

today

i Meiriceá Theas

in South America

go háirithe

in particular

na daoine

the people

sa stáisiún Gardaí.

in the Garda station.

De réir ailt

According to an article

a bhaineann le Nuacht RTÉ

relating to Nuacht RTÉ

Tá seachtar fear

There are seven men

á gceistiú

being questioned

ag na Gardaí

by the Gardai

maidir leis an gcócaon a fuarthas

in relation to the cocaine found

ar lastlong

on a cargo ship

amach ó chósta Chorcaí

off the Cork coast

arú inné.

the day before yesterday.

Bhí 25 duine

There were 25 people

ar bord na loinge

on board the ship

nuair a gabhadh seilbh uirthi.

when she was seized

Tá fear de bhunadh na hIaráine

There is a man of Iranian origin

agus

and

beirt ón Úcráin.

two from Ukraine.

Tá siad i measc an tseachtair

They are among the seven

atá á gceistiú

who are being questioned

ag na Gardaí.

by the Gardai.

Tuigtear

It is understood

go bhfuil na Gardaí

that the Gardai are

ag labhairt

talking

leis an gcuid eile den chriú

with the rest of the crew

freisin.

too.

Noun Gender

The following nouns are mostly singular nominated nouns related to the article with the gender of each noun highlighted.

fear

(masc. living male)

man

eolas

(masc. broad vowel)

information

druga

(masc. vowel ending)

drug

scéal

(masc. broad vowel)

story

Corcaigh

(fem. slender vowel)

Cork

Cósta

(masc. vowel ending)

coast

mangaire

(masc. vowel ending)

dealer

duine

(masc. vowel ending)

person

Garda

(masc. vowel ending)

Garda

stáisiún

(masc. broad vowel)

station

alt

(masc. broad vowel)

article

Nuacht

(fem. exception one-syllable -cht)

News

Cócaon

(masc. broad vowel)

cocaine

lastlong

(fem. exception broad vowel)

cargo ship

(masc. vowel ending)

day

inné

(masc. broad vowel)

yesterday

long

(fem. exception broad vowel)

ship

oibríocht

(fem. polly-syllable -íocht)

operation

an Úcráin

(fem. country)

Ukraine

criú

(masc. vowel ending)

crew

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