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Jimnuaeabhrac
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Username: Jimnuaeabhrac
Post Number: 31
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 03:18 pm: | 
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Tá ceist agam, más é do thoil é:
In "Learning Irish," chp 12, "There is only one hospital here."
is translated as: "Níl anseo ach an t-aon ospidéal amháin."
I wrote: "Tá aon ospidéal amháin anseo."
Is my answer also correct?
Go raibh maith agaibh! |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 1112
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 03:25 pm: |
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Not quite.
Yours means "there is one sole hospital here"
It is not as definite as the other. |
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Jimnuaeabhrac
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Username: Jimnuaeabhrac
Post Number: 33
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 03:15 pm: |
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Tá mé buíoch díot as do chúnamh! |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 1117
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 04:49 pm: |
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Fáilte romhat. |
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Colmán
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Username: Colmán
Post Number: 5
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 06:54 am: |
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If you want to say that 'only' something is the case, then the 'Learning Irish' translation is the only possible one; it works by excluding all other possibilities. Other examples would be: Níl agam ach an hata sin - I have only that hat; Ní bhfuair mé ach an ceann seo - I only got this one; Níl sa pháirc seo ach capall - there is only a horse in this field (or in this 'paddock' as we say in Australia). |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 455
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 06:34 am: |
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One way of getting the hang of that construction is to think of "ach" as meaning "except":
Níl cóta agam ... ach an ceann a bhfuair me uaitse.
I've no coat ... except the one I got from you. |
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Jimnuaeabhrac
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Username: Jimnuaeabhrac
Post Number: 34
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 08:04 am: |
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Thanks everyone for your help! It may take me some time to understand the distinction between the 2 constructions.
I'll have to ruminate on your commnets for a while. |
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 196
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 05:36 pm: |
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>Níl cóta agam ... ach an ceann a bhfuair me uaitse.
Ach an ceann a fuair mé uaitse (direct relative) ;-) |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 460
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 06:11 am: |
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quote:>Níl cóta agam ... ach an ceann a bhfuair me uaitse.
Ach an ceann a fuair mé uaitse (direct relative) ;-) Mínigh é seo dom le do thoil. Seo ar cheap mé: An duine a fuair an leabhar. An leabhar a bhfuair an duine. Nach bhfuil an méid thuas i gceart?! Agus cén fath go gcloisfí: Cad a cheapann tú? in ionad: Cad a gceapann tú? |
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