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Peter
Member Username: Peter
Post Number: 285 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, September 18, 2006 - 09:27 am: |
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Could you please suggest Irish equivalents for the following phrases: 1. What country do you come from? 2. What city are you coming from? (when speaking about your 'starting point') 3. What city are you going to? Peter |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 3746 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Monday, September 18, 2006 - 10:31 am: |
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1. Cén tír arbh as duit? (tír dúchais) nó 1. Cén tír ónar tháinig tú? (ag taisteal) 2. Cén cathair ónar tháinig tú/thosaigh tú d'aistear? 3. Cén cathair ar a bhfuil do thriall?
triall [ainm briathartha][ainmfhocal firinscneach den tríú díochlaonadh] taisteal, turas (cá bhfuil do thriall?; ag triall ar Éirinn); lorg (dul ag triall ar chabhair). |
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Fear_na_mbróg
Member Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 1212 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Monday, September 18, 2006 - 04:09 pm: |
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Nouns ending in "ir" are feminine: lasair, mainistir, litir, cathair. Therefore: Cén chathair... Fáilte Roimh Cheartúcháin Ceartaigh rud ar bith atá mícheart -- úsáid phrásaí go háirithe.
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Peter
Member Username: Peter
Post Number: 288 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 04:21 am: |
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Thank you. It seems to me Irish speakers generally tend to avoid the kind of pattern you suggest, Aonghus, (cé + noun + preposition), since I have found only one example of it in the Tobar: something along these lines cén cúinne a raibh sé ag goil ann I'm inclined to think they'd try to paraphrase it somehow. (Message edited by peter on September 20, 2006) |
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