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elisabethhunt (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 02:27 pm: | 
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How do you say "friend" in Irish? |
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Akidd
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Username: Akidd
Post Number: 76
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 02:43 pm: |
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cara / chairde |
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| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 03:00 pm: |
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Cara - friend
Cairde - friends |
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Akidd
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Username: Akidd
Post Number: 77
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 04:37 pm: |
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or CARA (brand of a very common irish product) |
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| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2004 - 03:53 am: |
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And also a very common girls name! |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 634
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2004 - 04:09 am: |
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But not in Ireland! (As a girl's name that is)
Friend is cara, pl cairde.
If you are adressing a friend it becomes vocative
a chara
A Eibhlín, a chara
My friend(s) Mo chara, mo chairde
Your(sing) friend(s) Do chara, do chairde
His friend(s) a chara, a chairde
Her friend(s) a cara, a cairde
Our friend(s) ár gcara, ár gcairde
Your(pl) friends bhur gcara, bhur gcairde
Their friend(s) a gcara, a gcairde
Often used in the sense of Dear Sir/Madam to start a letter
Not used in the sense of girl/boyfriend
(Message edited by aonghus on December 17, 2004) |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 331
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2004 - 04:39 am: |
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When you pick a noun in Irish, like "friend", you'll see 4 forms of it:
Singular:
Is maith liom an cara [cara]
Plural:
Is maith liom na cairde [cairde]
Singular possessive:
Is maith liom ainm an charad [carad]
Plural possessive:
Is maith liom ainmneacha na gcairde [cairde] |
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| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2004 - 05:52 am: |
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Who says 'cara' isn't a common name in Ireland? Maybe not in your generation but I had six 'Cara's in my school when I was there. (and a few around Dublin where I lived)That's common enough in my book! |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 635
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2004 - 06:45 am: |
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Fair enough. But in 30+ years I have yet to meet/hear of a "Cara" in Ireland, other than the matches and Aer Lingus' inflight magazine.
I assumed it was one of those American names like Erin, Shannon, Coleen, etc that never really made it here. |
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