How To Play Fiche Ceist (Twenty Questions) in Irish
Playing Fiche Ceist is an excellent way to become familiar with:
Follow the examples below.
Move your mouse over a word to find out how to pronounce it.
Pronunciations are only approximate, and will vary between dialects.
A neutral (unstressed) vowel is indicated by "@".
Describing the object
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An bhfuil sé | fuar? cold |
Is it? | te? hot |
| fliuch? wet |
| tirim? dry |
| dorcha? dark |
| geal? bright |
| bán? white |
| dubh? black |
| dearg? red |
| gorm? blue |
| buí? yellow |
| beo? alive |
| bog? soft |
| crua? hard |
| glan? clean |
| salach? dirty |
| milis? sweet |
| mór? big |
| beag? small |
| ard tall |
| sean old |
| nua nua |
| óg young |
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| chomh mór le as big as | bosca aran? |
| níos mó ná bigger than | a bread box |
| chomh beag le as small as | |
| níos lú ná smaller than | |
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| sa in the | bosca box |
| | cupán cup |
| | mála bag |
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| ar an on the | mbord table |
| faoin in the | mbosca box |
| in aice leis an near the | mbuidéal bottle |
| | gclog clock |
| | gcupán cup |
| | ndeoch drink |
| | bhfáinne ring |
| | bhfuinneoig window |
| | bpáipéar paper |
| | bpeann pen |
| | bpictiúr picture |
| | leabhar book |
| | mála bag |
| | scian knife |
| | spúnóg spoon |
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Tá. It is
Níl. It isn't
Is deacair a rá. It's difficult to say.
Uaireannta. sometimes
Beagnach almost
Tá sé reasunta fuar, etc. It's reasonbaly cold, etc.
Identifying or classifying the object
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An | cóta a coat | é? |
Is it? | clog a clock | |
| leabhar a book | |
| pictiúr a picture | |
| páipéar a paper | |
| bord a table | |
| buidéal a bottle | |
| forc a fork | |
| cupán a cup | |
| bía a food | |
| mála a bag | |
| peann a pen | |
| fón a phone | |
| bosca a box | |
| scáthán a mirror | |
| fáinne a ring | |
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| scian a knife | í? |
| spúnóg a spoon | |
| deoch a drink | |
| cathaoir a chair | |
| fuinneoig a window | |
| bróg a shoe | |
| bó a cow | |
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Is ea. It is
Ní hea. It isn't