Which is correct and why:
Itheann sé dinnéir
nó
Itheann sé dinnéar

Go raibh míle,
P.

The word in question is "dinnéar". Here are its forms:

Normal Case
the dinner = an dinnéar
the dinners = na dinnéir

Posessive Case
the dinner = an dinnéir
the dinners = na ndinnéar

Here's some sample usage:

D'ith mé an dinnéar inné.
Nuair a bhí mé ag ithe an dinnéir, d'fhiafraigh Máire díom...

I think the most usual way to say -

Itheann sé a dhinnéar. (=his)

quote:

Itheann sé a dhinnéar. (=his)

Díreach é. Meas tú an bhfuil tionchar ag "cuid" air seo? Tá ciall le a chuid a ithe, murab ionann agus an chuid a ithe agus cuid a ithe.

Scríobh Fear na mBróg;

Normal Case
the dinner = an dinnéar
the dinners = na dinnéir


B'fheidir go bhfuil ocras mór aige - itheann sé a lán dinnéar.


FRC - GRMA

Oops - I meant:

B'fheidir go bhfuil ocras mór aige - itheann sé a lán dinnéir

FRC-GRMA

B'fheidir go bhfuil ocras mór aige - itheann sé a lán dinnéir

B'fhéidir go bhfuil an-ocras mór aige.

Is mise 7rl

For those who are interested, in Donegal, the word is dinneár, genitive dinneára. And "he eats" is íosann sé in NW Donegal (Gaoth Dobhair).

Instead of itheann sé a lón/a bhricfeasta/a dhinnéar etc, there is a more idiomatic phrase: déanann sé a chuid. (I’ve learnt that at Coleraine University).

Do chuid a dhéanamh = to have one’s meal.

íosann sé <- is it "decomposed" from future tense?

quote:

B'fhéidir go bhfuil an-ocras aige.

One more iteration and we'll be there:

B'fhéidir go bhfuil an-ocras air.

Rinne mé Google Fight idir "an-ocras" agus "ocras mór" anois díreach. Seo agaibh an toradh:

an-ocras : 265
ocras mór : 533

Is fearr liomsa "an-ocras", ach ní dóigh liom go bhfuil "ocras mór" mícheart ar chor ar bith.

Go raibh maith agaibh a Róman agus a Dennis. B'fhéidir go ndeirtear "an-ocras" i Mumhain? (Just kidding Róman )

B'fhéidir go bhfuil an-ocras air.

orm, ort, air...

ar

maybe there's a great hunger on him

"there's a hunger on me lad!"

This is a great little help: http://www.daltai.com/grammar/ppsam.htm

quote:

an-ocras : 265

Níl mé cinnte anois an bhfuil an toradh seo iontaofa! Nuair a dhéantar gnáth-chuardach Google, ní dhéantar aon idirdhealú ar "an ocras" agus "an-ocras".

A Aonghuis (no duine ar bith eile), an bhfuil dóigh ann le neart a thabhairt don fhleiscín? Nó ar cheart dúinn scríobh go Google?

Cur Gaeilge air sin:
"It didn't bother me"
"the girl that I got the help from"

Go raibh míle,
P.

quote:

Cuir Gaeilge air sin

An ag tabhairt ordaithe dúinn atá tú anois?

quote:

One more iteration and we'll be there:

B'fhéidir go bhfuil an-ocras air.

Mea culpa! I was so concentrated on "an-ocras" that didn't notice the last word! :(

quote:

Rinne mé Google Fight idir "an-ocras" agus "ocras mór" anois díreach. Seo agaibh an toradh:

an-ocras : 265
ocras mór : 533

Not a good method to judge validity of grammar, especially for rare languages. Somebody's mistake can be copy-pasted all over internet. If you don't believe me check "genitive" vs "genetive" - and in this case we know for sure that only one is correct.

"ocras mór" is a Béarlachas. Traditionally "ana-thart", "an-ocras", "an-fhearg" was said - check any lore resource.

Rinne mé cuardach Google leis an abairt "ocras mór" anois díreach. An chéad shampla a thugtar dúinn ná an ceann seo ó Simple Lessons in Irish le Eugene O'Growney:

"Atá ocras mór orm", arrs an gabha; "I am very hungry", says the smith.

Bhí an-tionchar ag an leabhar seo ar an gcéad glún nó dhó de Ghaeilgeoirí.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O'Growney

(Hmmm. Feicim go bhfuil fadhb againn leis an URL seo, a stopann tar éis an 'O' sa tcht seo.)

I found this site that contains all three parts of O'Growney's Simple Lessons in Irish

http://www.phouka.com/gaelic/title.html

When I was in Colraine I found that they had sections 5 of the Simple Lessons. They did not seem to have section 4. I was going to photocopy and send it to the author of that site, but ran out of time, so could not get it.

Oh I'm sorry Dennis, an-bhrón orm, I didn't mean to come across as a Hitler, Boss type,
P.

quote:

"It didn't bother me"

Níor chuir sé isteach orm.

quote:

"the girl that I got the help from"

an cailín a bhfuair mé cuidiú/cúnamh di

an cailín óna bhfuair mé cúnamh (more formal/literary)

Ocras mór - Big hunger.. Ní úsáideann Lucht an Bhéarla é sin.

Ocras orm/ An-ocras orm / Ocras mór orm / Ocras an domhain orm.

úsáidtear ceann uilig acu agus i mo thaithí ní rogha coitianta é "ocras mór."

Dúirt Denis:

quote:

an cailín a bhfuair mé cuidiú/cúnamh di

I presume you mean "uaithi".

My own preference would be:

Tá ocras an domhain orm.

Rudaí eile (brón orm arís)
For the first time- is it: den chéad uair or don chéad uair
for three years; den thrí bhliain?

Go raibh míle arís,
P.

quote:

I presume you mean "uaithi".

Úúps. Go díreach glan! I guess I got derailed thinking about variants of "help". I almost added "cabhair", then went off an a mental tangent about "cabhrú"... then wandered back and blew it!

quote:

den chéad uair or don chéad uair

Either. Ó Dónaill has den chéad uair, but I've seen "don chéad uair" go minic, agus is mar a gcéanna a deirtear iad.

quote:

for three years; den thrí bhliain?

Depends on context.

Tá mé anseo le trí bliana anuas. (I've been here for three years.)

Beidh mé ag obair air seo go ceann trí bliana [eile]. (I'll be working on this for [another] three years.)

"He won for the next three years" That's kinda of the context, Déanfad iarracht;
Bhuaigh sé den thrí bhliain?

(Message edited by podsers on November 08, 2006)

Bhuaigh sé trí bhliain as a chéile

As Dennis wrote, 3 years is "trí bliana" in Irish...

Mea culpa.