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Antaine
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Username: Antaine
Post Number: 640
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 02:00 pm: |   
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just wondering about a phrase, "if he cannot do so..." Something like, "if he cannot do so, his father may help."
how would that be rendered in Irish? |
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Maidhc_Ó_g
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Username: Maidhc_Ó_g
Post Number: 143
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 03:04 pm: |
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Mara bhfuil an tabaltach air a dhéanamh....
That's my first thought. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 2923
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 05:44 pm: |
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Munar féidir leis é dhéanamh, seans go gcabhródh a athair leis.
Muna bhfuil sé ábalta .... |
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Domhnall
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Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 485
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 06:28 pm: |
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Mura bhfuil sé in ann X a dhéanamh
X refering to the word 'so' if ya catch my drift..
A people without a language of its own is only half a nation.A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river
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Antaine
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Username: Antaine
Post Number: 641
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 11:18 pm: |
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wait, so X would be whatever so referred to?
mura bhfuil sé in ann ceapann sé a chomharba...
if he cannot name his successor [the president may] (which is actually what I need to say, the whole thing.)
would it be easier to phrase it "if he is unable to appoint his successor, the president may appoint someone"?
perhaps,
mura bhfuil sé ábalta a chomharba a ceapann, féadfaidh an uachtarán a ceapann duine
would that work? |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 2926
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 12:46 pm: |
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Muna bhfuil sé in ann a chomharba a cheapadh, is féidir leis an Uachtarán duine a cheapadh. |
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