d’éirigh leis na buaiteoirí soc "s’acu" a choinneáil chun tosaigh i gcónaí sa dara leath

The winners managed to always keep ahead of them in the second half.

Corrections to my translation welcome.
But what words does this abbrevation represent?

I don't no for sure what it's an actual contraction of, but I do know what it means:

Bhíomar ag caint leis an ndeartháir s'againne (not sure if the definite article is used, ie. "an")
We were talking to that brother of ours

D'éirigh leis na buaiteoirí soc s'acu a choinneáil chun tosaigh i gcónaí sa dara leath

Those winners of ours succeeded in keeping that snout of ours to the forefront all throughout the second half.

I'd actually be interested to find out what it's a contraction of!

>d’éirigh leis na buaiteoirí soc "s’acu" a choinneáil >chun tosaigh i gcónaí sa dara leath

>The winners managed to always keep ahead of them in the >second half.

>Corrections to my translation welcome.
>But what words does this abbrevation represent?

seo acu.


>Bhíomar ag caint leis an ndeartháir s'againne (not sure >if the definite article is used, ie. "an")

Have to use the article, even if it isn’t always heard in speech.

>We were talking to that brother of ours

I think that "an deartháir s’againne" means "our brother".
That brother of ours = an deartháir sin dár gcuid.

Our house is always said "an teach s’againne" in Ulster (people never say "ár dteach").

d’éirigh leis na buaiteoirí soc "s’acu" a choinneáil >chun tosaigh i gcónaí sa dara leath

seo acu

The winners kept their snout (!) ahead

s'againne is an emphatic way of saying "our"

Lifted from Lar's site: http://www.braesicke.de/sonstig.htm#Dempron

(the passage below in English: http://www.nualeargais.ie/gnag/sonstig.htm#Dempron )
an .... seo = dieses ... z.B.: an teach seo = dieses Haus
an ... sin = das ..., jenes ... z.B.: an cailín sin = jenes Mädchen
an ... úd = jenes ... dort z.B.: an crann úd = der Baum dadrüben

Genau wie meist im Deutschen kann neben ein Demonstrativpronomen kein Possessivpronomen stehen ("dieses, mein Haus"). Wenn es doch nötig ist, auf den Eigner hinzuweisen, muß anstelle des Possessivpronomens eine Form von ag genommen werden:
z.B.: an teach seo (atá) agamsa = dieses Haus, das ich habe. Sa tír seo againne = In diesem, unseren Lande

Oft wird diese Konstruktion aus Demonstrativpronomen und ag als Alternative zu Possessivpronomen verwendet; in Ulster wird das Demonstrativpronomen dabei gekürzt zu s' (s'agam, s'agat, etc.): an teach s'agamsa = mein Haus, in Connemara hingegen wird eine Kurzform des Präpsitionalpronomens ('amsa, 'atsa, etc.) verwendet: an teach seo 'amsa = mein Haus)

(Message edited by aonghus on August 24, 2005)

>Oft wird diese Konstruktion aus Demonstrativpronomen >und ag als Alternative zu Possessivpronomen verwendet;

Not often... Say, in some phrases, but it isn't that common.

>in Ulster wird das Demonstrativpronomen dabei gekürzt >zu s' (s'agam, s'agat, etc.):

in that case only...

>>in Connemara hingegen wird eine Kurzform des Präpsitionalpronomens ('amsa, 'atsa, etc.) verwendet: an teach seo 'amsa = mein Haus)

seo 'amsa pronounced as : s' 'amsa (the vowel in seo is dropped)
In this case, only the short forms are admitted: "seo againne" is always "seo 'ainne"

(this comes from Ó Siadhail)

quote:

>in Ulster wird das Demonstrativpronomen dabei gekürzt >zu s' (s'agam, s'agat, etc.):

in that case only

Sin is ciall le "dabei" a Lughaidh!