If answering a question: An ndéanfaidh tú? I would normally answer Déanfaidh, or Ní dhéanfaidh... unless I were having a bit of a row perhaps... LOL...

I was treating each as a separate statement/sentence - perhaps it might be better to do as Breandán has and treat them as the answer to the questions.. If it causes confusion, I will do them again at a later time.
Thanks for that, and sorry about the confusion... I hadn't thought of that

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

We understand Braoin. No need to do them again.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Yes, Braoin. No problem there. Just to explain to beginners though. Braoin's version contains mé in the "answers", i.e. An ndéarfaidh tú? Déarfaidh mé / Ní dhéarfaidh mé.

Lughaidh asked if this was really done. The answer to that I think is yes. It adds emphasis to the answer, hence Braoin's comment about "having a bit of a row (quarrel/argument)" - the answer may come across a bit stronger that way.

Sometimes a -d ending is also added in the "answer", i.e., An ndéarfaidh tú? Déarfad / Ní dhéarfad. This -d is the same as adding the pronoun mé and has a similar effect of emphasising the answer.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Thanks a mill, i Did check nualéargais but for some reason the sound files dont work for me.

Will have a listen to your recordings now, very helpful stuff

I was surprised because it's not what I learnt. And I don't think you would do that in Ulster.
Normally you use the verb alone, with no pronoun, but when the verb contains the pronoun (-aim, etc), then you use that personal ending
eg.

- An ólann tú tae?
- Óla(i)m. (not ólann).

But:
- An ólfaidh tú tae?
- Ólfaidh.

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

According to Éamonn Ó Dónaill (Gaeilge Gan Stró, Grammadach Gan Stró, Turas Teanga, Now You're Talking, etc.), it's technically incorrect to use the pronoun when answering a "yes/no" question unless it's incorporated into the verb form itself (e.g., you can answer "ólaím" or "ólann," but technically not "ólann mé.").

The one exception he notes is with the copula, when the pronoun comes between the copula and the noun in a question. For example:

An tusa an múinteoir? Is mé/ní mé

But...

An múnteoir thú? 'Sea/ní hea.

That doesn't mean it isn't done, of course. I hear "tá mé" in response to "an bhfuil?" questions all the time on TG4. Perhaps it's one of those usage things that is becoming acceptable in spoken language.

Redwolf

I've learned to just answer with the verb as well, but when I was hammering away at getting the irregulars into my head
I would repeat the whole sentence back. This helps your ears to hear and your mind to perceive what exactly you're really answering. It's then pretty easy to just drop it all off and have the verb alone answering.

Ó Siadhail has examples using the synthetic forms (i.e., pronoun endings) when "echoing" the verb and when answering questions in the future and in the past:

Glanfaidh tú an bord, an nglanfais? "You'll clean the table, won't you?"

- Nach ndéanfaidh tú é? "Won't you do it?"
- Ní dhéanfad. "No."

- Ar nigh tú na soithí? "Did you wash the dishes?"
- Níos. Nígh mé ar ball iad. "Yes. I washed them a while ago."

These answers are a little more emphatic than just answering Ní dhéanfaidh or Nigh.

It is one of the few situations where Connacht speakers still use the synthetic forms in speech.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).