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Bean_rua
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Username: Bean_rua

Post Number: 13
Registered: 04-2005

Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 11:53 am:

Is "is mise" roughly translated as "I am" or "it's me"? Or does it wind up sort of being both things?

Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh

Post Number: 396
Registered: 01-2005

Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 12:26 pm:

It depends of what follows.

Is mise Lughaidh = I am Lughaidh.

Is mise a rinne é = it is me who did it.

In Irish, you use the same pattern, because the verbal "is" isn't conjugated, and it literally means:

Is mise Lughaidh = Am I Lughaidh.

Is mise a rinne é = Is/Am me who did it

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