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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2006 (July-August) » Archive through August 04, 2006 » Cur [etwas] ar.... « Previous Next »

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Norwegiandame
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Username: Norwegiandame

Post Number: 217
Registered: 08-2005
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 01:48 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Cur sé (for example:) áthas air...

It causes him to be/makes him happy.

Is there any other way to say this?

Can I say "it makes him aroused/excited" using cur + ar?

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Dennis
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Username: Dennis

Post Number: 1680
Registered: 02-2005


Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 02:00 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

quote:

Cur sé (for example:) áthas air...

Actually, that's

Cuireann sé áthas air.

If you want to cite this idiom in a general way, the formula we use in dictionaries and so on is:

áthas a chur ar X

So, for example:

Ba mhaith liom áthas a chur ort. = I would like to make you happy.

Chuir tú áthas orm. = You made me happy.
quote:

Is there any other way to say this?

Instead of "áthas", you could say, but less commonly, "gliondar".
quote:

Can I say "it makes him aroused/excited" using cur + ar?

Well, there's this, which is slightly X-rated:

Cuireann sé adharc air.


Go raibh [do rogha meafar] leat!

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Norwegiandame
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Post Number: 218
Registered: 08-2005
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 02:23 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Cheartaigh Dennis: Cuireann sé áthas air.

Eibh cúrsa! Just couldn't afford to write it correctly.

But wait, cureann or cuireann? In LI, it says cur.

An bhfuil sé difríocht idir áthas agus gliondar ar bith ann? Agus an bhfuil an abairt seo ceart?

Can I use adharcacht as well?

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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus

Post Number: 3579
Registered: 08-2004


Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 02:40 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

An bhfuil difríocht ar bith ann idir áthas agus gliondar ar bith ann?

Bheadh gliondar ag baint le pointe airithe ama domhsa, áthas níos buaine.


Agus an bhfuil an abairt seo ceart? (Tá anois! )


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Can I use adharcacht as well?



Not in polite company!

adharc [ainmfhocal baininscneach den dara díochlaonadh]
ceann den dá rud chrua cosúil le cnámh a fhásann ar cheann ainmhithe áirithe (ar nós eallach, fianna agus araile); cuach óil; gob (diallaite, ancaire, agus araile); gléas ceoil gaoithe (a bhíodh déanta as adharc uair amháin, ach gur gléas miotail atá inniu ann); gléas rabhaidh (i bhfeithicil).

and other meanings based on shape.

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Fear_na_mbróg
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Post Number: 1169
Registered: 08-2004
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 06:40 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

The verb is "cuir".

Only the verbal noun lacks the "i". All verbal conjugations retain the i:

Chuir sé
Cuireann sé
Cuirfidh sé
Chuirfeadh sé
Chuireadh sé

Ach:

ag cur báistí

Fáilte Roimh Cheartúcháin
Ceartaigh rud ar bith atá mícheart -- úsáid phrásaí go háirithe.



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