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1. The pencil is on the table. Tá an peann luidhe ar an mbord.

2. The man is not at the gate. Níl an fear ag an ngeata.

3. Your coat is on the chair. Tá do chóta ar an gcathaoir.

4. Your (pl.) coats are on the chair. Tá bhur gcótaí ar an gcathaoir.

5. My glass is on the table. Tá mo ghloine ar an mbord.

6. She has red hair. Tá gruaig rua uirthi.

7. The man has black hair. Tá gruaig dhubh ar an fear.

8. His book is on the table. Tá a leabhar ar an mbord.

9. Her book is on the table. Tá a leabhar ar an mbord.

10. Their book is on the table. Tá a leabhar ar an mbord.

11. Where is the book? Cá bhfuil an leabhar?

12. Where is my little green book? Cá bhfuil mo leabhar beag glas/uaine?

13. She has my book. Tá mo leabhar aici.

14. Is my shoe on the chair? An bhfuil mo bhróg ar an gcathaoir?

15. Do you have an orange? An bhfuil oráiste agat?

16. Greg is talking. Tá Greg ag caint (mar is dual dó).

17. The girl is crying. Tá an cailín ag gol.

18. The road is straight. Tá an bothar díreach.

19. The man is dirty and tired. Tá an fear salach agus tuirseach.

20. The door is shut. Tá an doras dúnta.

21. The window is open. Tá an fhuinneog oscailte.

22. Y’all are reading now. Tá sibh ag léamh anois.

23. Are you going away? An bhfuil tú ag imeacht?

24. He is not listening. Níl sé ag éisteacht.

25. I have a big blue book. Tá leabhar mór gorm agam.

26. The old man is dancing. Tá an seanduine ag rince.

27. Get up and shut the door. Éirigh agus dún an doras.

28. Don’t read the letter. Ná léigh an litir.

29. Give me an apple. Tabhair úll dom.

30. Where was the girl yesterday? Cá raibh an cailín inné?

31. The boy was playing in the street yesterday. Bhí an buachaill ag súgradh sa tsráid inné.

32. We were not in the city last night, but we were at home. Ní rabhamar sa bhaile mór (chathair) arréir ach bhíomar sa bhaile.

33. I will not be here on Thursday. Ní bheidh mé anseo Déardaoin.

34. The woman will be at home soon. Beidh an bhean sa bhaile go luath.

35. Do you shut the door? An ndúnann tú an doras?

36. He buys a new car today. Ceannóidh sé carr nua inniu.

If you have any questions about why an answer is this and not something else, be sure to ask here. Knowing why it's not the way you thought it was is the best way to learn.

And thanks go to Ted for the answers, and to Matt for formatting and putting them up here for us.

I replied to this on the email list, but I'll put it here also:

Number one should be "peann luidhe", not just "peann".

On number 36, are we saying that "He buys a car today" is equivalent to "He will buy a car today", therefore placing it in the future tense instead of the present tense because it is not an habitual action?

Well, I had intended for this to be present tense, but it was more for the practice than anything... it's a fairly awkward concept, and is something that we would usually say in the future tense in both Irish & English.

Truem because the way we'd normally say it in the present tense in English would be "He is buying a new car today", which would be a whole different sentence in Irish than either "Ceannóidh sé carr nua inniu." OR "Ceannaíonn sé carr nua inniu.", wouldn't it?

Yeah, either Ceannaíonn sé or Ceannóidh sé would be good. I was trying to find a good preset tense usage that wasn't the imperative form, and it's harder to do than you would think.
It really makes you wonder why people start off teaching the present tense first, it's not really the most useful of tenses.

So you were trying to avoid...

Tá sé ag ceannú gluaisteán nua inniú.

Nach bhfuil tú?

Seán

Well, I'm not sure if we were trying to avoid "automobile"(gluaisteán) completely, but I think that we were definitely avoiding the verbal noun. It's not like "gluaisteán" is one of the words in "Progress in Irish" so far. Wonder if they've left it out because it's just TOO easy to pronounce.