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Aaron
Member Username: Aaron
Post Number: 73 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 09:29 pm: |
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How does one say "make me" as Gaeilge? Such as: It makes her tired - Tuirse a chuige uirthi You make me happy - Sásta a chugat orm She makes me nervous - Neirbhíseach a chuici orm If these are correct, where is the verb? "a"? And how does this go into past tense?: It made her tired. You made me happy. She made me nervous. And as far as "We have ways of making you speak Irish", how does "making you" translate? Such as: Make the car go. They make me study this. Is it best to use the verb tabhair ar? |
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Léitheoir (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 06:39 am: |
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There are various ways of translating the sentences you mention: Cuireann sé tuirse uirthi - It makes her tired (Literally: it puts tiredness on her) "You make me happy" is not as easy. I can't imagine a Galway fisherman saying this to anyone although if he / she did it might be like this: Is aoibhinn liom thú (I find you delightful) or Cuireann tú gliondar orm - (Literally: You put delight on me) "She makes me nervous" -- [What does this mean? anxious? worried? etc] Cuireann sise imní orm. ("sise" is the stressed form of "sí") Make the car go. The only context I can think of for this would be "I can't make / get the car to go" and that would be "Ní féidir liom an carr a chur ag gluaiseacht." So "Cuir an carr ag gluaiseacht" -- Switch on the engine? Cuir an t-inneall ar siúl. etc They make me study this. This is different. Cuireann siad iallach orm staidéar a dhéanamh air seo. (Lots of variations from the normal basic grammar there.) |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 3322 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 02:30 pm: |
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If you want to use "Tabhair" it would be Thug siad orm é staidéir a dhéanamh ar seo. But "Chuir siad" is valid too, and stronger. |
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Aaron
Member Username: Aaron
Post Number: 75 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 03:06 pm: |
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Thanks!! Oops... I got chur and chun confused... makes sense now. |
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