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Juls
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 1999 - 02:52 pm: |   
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Could someone please tell me how to say
GRANDPA OF THE GRANDSON
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GRANDSON OF THE GRANDPA
am putting this on a sweatshirt for my father for christmas.. my son is Irish and my dad's father is irish so I thought it would be a neat present.. anyway if someone could help me with it I'd be very greatful!!
Julia |
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julia
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 1999 - 03:18 pm: |
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could I also get the translation I love my grandma.
I appreciate it!! |
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Aonghus
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 1999 - 03:18 am: |
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Seanathair an garmhic
Garmhac an t-seanathar
Tá grá agam do mo Sheanmháthair
Alternatives to Seanathair ar Daideo, or Athair mhór |
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Julia
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 1999 - 01:01 pm: |
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Thank you soo much for you help!!! |
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Julia
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 1999 - 01:07 pm: |
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Only am a little confused... is grandpa
"t-seanathar" or Seanathair? one has a T and no I and another has no T and an I in it .. sorry!! I hope this makes sense...
also with grandson is it spelt Garmhic or Garmhac? I or A? |
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Aonghus
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 1999 - 02:32 pm: |
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It is spelt as I spelt it! Garmhic is the genitive of garmhac! ditto for Seanathair/ an tseanathar. |
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Julia
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 1999 - 07:47 pm: |
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Thanks for your help, hope I didn't get on your nerves too badly!! ~laughs~ am easily confused!!
Slán
Juls |
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Aonghus
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 1999 - 05:38 am: |
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Sorry my answer was so brusk!
It didn't get on my nerves, it was just hard to find an adequate and correct answer. Since I speak the language, I usually don't know the grammatical reason why things are as they are - I just know that that's the way it should be. I'm not terribly good at explaining this to learners, but don't let that discourage you from trying. I am happy if anybody even uses a small bit of the language, I think your T-shirt idea is great.
Go n-eirí an t-ádh leat! (Good luck)
Aonghus |
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Dennis King
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 1999 - 04:15 pm: |
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Err... hate to be so picky, but I think there was a typo back there. It should be "seanathair an gharmhic" not "seanathair an garmhic". An bhfuil an ceart agam? Dennis http://www.eskimo.com/~donncha/stair.html |
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Julia
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 1999 - 05:02 pm: |
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Thank you all kindly for your help!!!
God Bless
Julia |
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