In English there is childhood, the teenage years, adulthood and old age, but Irish has a slightly different set of words.

Are they the same for each dialect?

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What I mean is that terms such as 'ina leabh', 'ina naonán', 'macacht', 'macántacht', 'ina pháiste', 'aois óige', 'aois leanabaí', 'laige go neart' for childhood don't seem to always map to English, so I wondered how it is structured.

Also: 'déagóir' for teenager and 'duine fásta'for adult and 'sean-duine' for an old person.

Does anyone have a full list of terms?

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Here's a few ways I heard described anyway:
an óige = le linn m'óige = during my childhood
na déaga = agus mé sna déaga = when I was a teenager
duine fásta = agus mé i mo dhuine fásta = when I was grown up
dul in aois = nuair a bheidh mé ag dul in aois = nuair a bheidh mé ag éirí sean = when I reach old age
... (in the far future.... of course...)

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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.

It's interesting that Irish speakers become 'déagóirí' at eleven and English speakers have to wait until thirteen to have the privilege of becoming teenagers!

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Saol an fhir

Bunóc (Bunóicín) is ea go siúlóidh sé.
Leanbh go raghaidh sé ar scoil.
Páiste faid a bheidh sé ar scoil.
Garsún nuair a fhágfaidh sé scoil.
Fear nuair a phósfaidh sé.
Seanduine nuair athá clann tóigthe aige.
Scológ is ea seanduine ná beadh aon chlann aige...

"Bhí sé ina scallóg cham gan chlann"

Saol na mná

Leanbh go raghaidh sí ar scoil.
Páiste go bhfágfaidh sí scoil.
G/earrachaile t'réis scoile.
Cailín óg nuair a bheidh sí oiriúnach chun pósadh.
Bean nuair a bheidh sí pósta.
Seanabhean nuair a bheidh a clann tóigthe aici.
Seana-rabhrach, bean nár phós riamh.

pg. 207-208, Leabhar Mhaidhc Dháith, Scéalta agus Seanachas ón Rinn.

pg. 206 "Bunóc is ea leanbh t'réis teacht ar an saol, siotalach ansan t'réis tamaill, agus ó leath-bhliain amach ghlaodhthá leanbh air dtí a mbeadh se ag cuimhneach ar dhul ar scoil, páiste.....Thabharfaí diogánach ar leanbh, leis, suas go dtí a mbeadh sé ag dul ar scoil agus é ag ceaifiléireacht le sean-duine: "diogánach é siúd agus bioránach giorré* óg". Futhalach a thabharfaí ar leanbh a bheadh ag tosnú ar shiúl."

Cian

*giorria> (giorrfhiadh (hare)).

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Probably because poor English speaking kids don't get to actually add "teen" (ten) to another number until they're thirteen...we've got those weird "eleven" and "twelve" to get past first. Lucky Irish speakers get to start right off with "aon déag, dó dhéag...".

Redwolf

GRMA, a'Chionníolaí!

Good point, Redwolf

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