Tá ann, ansin, agus ansiúd cruth "there". Ní thigim an difríocht idir iad. Cuidiú le do thoil!

Le do thoil ceartaigh mo Ghaeilge!

ansiúd is "there" in the sense of "yonder", a rather more vague location far away from the speaker.

ansin is "there" in a more definite sense, either a location that can be pointed to, or referred to precisely.

ann is the prepositional pronoun "in it", but is sometimes used to mean "there". A good dictionary will give you some examples of this prepositional pronoun being used as "there".

Thank you! So you could make out my Irish?

So you could make out my Irish?

There were some errors, but I got the gist of what you were asking.

I might've rewritten your query like this:

Tá na focail ann, ansin, agus ansiúd ina gcruth "there". Ní thuigim an difríocht eatarthu. Cuidigh liom, le bhur dtoil!

(agus ceartaigh mo chuid Ghaeilge, le bhur dtoil!)

. . . though others may choose to correct the passage differently.

Thank you very much

Correction to my correction:

Tá na focail ann, ansin, agus ansiúd ina gcruth "there". Ní thuigim an difríocht eatarthu. Cuidígí liom, le bhur dtoil!

(agus ceartaígí mo chuid Ghaeilge, le bhur dtoil!)

I forgot to make the commands plural; that's what I get for trying to be clever when it's after my bedtime.

méanfach

A few more things...

1. What's "ina" for?
2. What's "liom" for?
3. What's "chuid" for?
5. What's "eatarthu" for?
4. The switch from le do thoil to le bhur dtoil is a dialectual preference, right?

Thank you so much for correcting me. I can't tell you how much it helps my Irish.

Go raibh maith agat!

1. What's "ina" for? In their. ina gcruth. in their form/state
2. What's "liom" for? With me. 'Cuidigh liom'. For help me, you say help with me.
3. What's "chuid" for? Bit of ...'mo chuid Ghaeilge' My bit of Irish (in other words - my Irish)
5. What's "eatarthu" for? Between them 'an difríocht eatarthu'. the difference between them
4. The switch from le do thoil to le bhur dtoil is a dialectual preference, right? It's the difference between singular and plural.

le do thoil - If you please ( you singular)
le bhúr dtoil -If you please ( you plural)

idir - between

idir mé
idir tú
idir é/í
eadrainn
eadraibh
eatarthu - between them

I hope this is OK Cionaodh

I can help you with #4. "Le bhur dtoil" is saying "please" to "you (plural)", where "le do thoil" is saying "please" to "you (singular)". #3 I'm not sure about, but I think it is used before a plural noun or something else that I don't know the word for. Its like a non-concrete noun, like an idea or a language (in this case, mo chuid Gaeilge). An bhfuil an ceart agam?

Those explanations look confusing but thats the best I can do after work this late :)

cuid (part/portion/share) is often used before nouns which contain an uncountable number. It's not essential to the above phrase -- there are other ways to say the same thing.

Scríobh Harrison:
I can help you with #4. "Le bhur dtoil" is saying "please" to "you (plural)", where "le do thoil" is saying "please" to "you (singular)".

Go han-mhaith! Yes, I changed Odwyer's requests for correction to the plural, in order to make the request of ALL members to this board, not just one.

Unregistered Guest's items 1, 2, 3 & 5 are spot on as well; in the mislocated item 4, I assume the comment about . . . le bhur dtoil being dialectical is meant in contrast to Más é bhur dtoil é (?) If so, I seem to have heard either one no matter where I've visited, so it's probably not a dialect thing. We have more than one way to imply "please" in English (if you please, if you wouldn't mind, by your leave, etc.), and so too does Irish.

"le bhur dtoil"	"with your will" (asking for it)
"Más é bhur dtoil é"	"if it be your will"

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toil [ainmfhocal baininscneach den tríú díochlaonadh]
mian, fonn, dúil (toil Dé; más é do thoil é; níl a toil leis); cion, gean (thug mé toil don bhia, don cheol).

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/will

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I'd say "le" is slightly commoner, the other perhaps slightly politer, and both widespread everywhere.

Oh ok thanks all!