ceart

Ba cheart duit, you ought to. Ba cheart dó a rá, (a) he should have said, (b) he is supposed to have said. Níl sé ceart agat sin a rá, it is sinful to say that. Nach ceart é! Isn’t he great! Nach ceart a bhí a fhios aige, how did he know? Níl sé mar is ceart agam, I have not got it (song etc.) right. Nach ceart an Béarla atá aige, Hasn’t he a good command of English. Is ceart an seanduine é, he is a great old man. Sin na páisti cearta, you are very good children. Ceart go leor, (i) Very good. (ii) Of course. An scéal ceart, the correct version. San áit cheart, in the right plac Ba cheart dó a bheith láidir dá leanadh sé a athair, he should be strong if he took after his father.