Taobh istigh d'uair an chloig go leith ar an gclár plé seo:

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I have no intention
I really enjoy
I'm just curious
I mean
I don't like
I won't be scared
From what I've noticed
ahead of me
in my opinion
Sounds [to me] like a great group
I'd have a grand time
I haven't ever posted
I figured out
in my view
I won't be run out
I'm listening to my mother
or am I just not paying enough attention
Beir bua agus beannacht

Ní thuigim thú a Dennis. I think It has been observed that all you've pointed out above is that Ríona is an active participant and she tends to write in the first-person. Is there something I'm one is missing?

It is apparent that we've been discussing topic control, but are you suggesting that we put in place a pronoun-control program? And if so, is the limit for "I" in English lower, equal, or larger, than the limit for mé in Irish? And if so so, do words like tuigim count towards the I-word limit since they inherently contain the pronoun I?

I've It has been heard of people crossing their "t's" and dotting all of their "i's", but I'm very there is curiosity of why you went to the extent of counting all the I's.

Ni thuigim freisin a Dhennis,

Enlighten us le do thoil.

Beir bua agus beannacht

Is leor nod don eolach. ;-)

How could mise be the only person who says "I", know doubt someone else, at some distant time, has refered to themself in the first person. :) So why am I the "special" one today that you chose?

Beir bua agus beannacht

Tá áthas orm gur scríobh tú faoin sneachta agus faoi do mháthair i nGaeilge. Maidir leis an gcuid eile i mBéarla...

Ce faoin an gcuid i mBearla?

GRMA as ag tabhair mo teachtaireachtai Gaeilge. :)

Beir bua agus beannacht

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Ceard faoin an gcuid i mBearla?

Caith uait é. Scríobh chugainn i nGaeilge. Tá tú níos áille i nGaeilge!

álainn > níos áille

Go raibh maith agat a Dhennis,

Most things are more beautiful i nGaeilge. :)

Ta mo Bhearla imeaglach? Ta bron orm ach ...

Beir bua agus beannacht

Go n-éiri an t-ádh leat, a Riona. Is maith liom ag scríobh i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Tá mo bhean chéile ag léamh an leabhar seo: Lake of Sorrows scríofa ag Erin Hart. Tá an dán seo ag leabhar ann:

(Good luck, Riona. I like writing in Irish and in English. My wife is reading this book: Lake of Sorrows written by Erin Hart. The book has this poem in it:)


I am the womb: of every holt,
I am the blasé of every hill,
I am the queen: of every hive,
I am the shield: for every head,
I am the grave: of every house.
- from the Song of Amheirgin, an ancient Irish poem

It’s good to be the mise, to paraphrase Mel Brooks.

I don't know how accurate this is, but as Gaeilge

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Am an ríáin gach uile choirceoige
Am an theine far gach uile chnoic
Am an scíath far gach uile chinn
Am an sleagh catha
Am nómá tonnag sírthintaghaív
Am úagh gach uile dhóich dhíamaíní

I found the Irish translation at: http://www.angelfire.com/de2/newconcepts/wicca/amergin.html

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It’s good to be the mise, to paraphrase Mel Brooks.

Ar an lámh eile:

Always be yourself.. unless you suck. --Joss Whedon

Cé hé Joss Whedon?

An bhfuil an ceart aige? ;-)

Bíonn an quotation seo ag bun gach teachtaireacht a fhaighim ó chara liom.

Go hiontach! Tá an scannán Wonder Woman ag teacht amach i 2007! Is breá liom an clár ar an telifís.

(Wonderful! The film Wonder Woman is coming out in 2007. I loved the program on televison.)

Is mise céard é mise is eo gach rud uaim is mise.

-Popeye.

Níl cinnteach orm leis sin. Is docha go bhfuil sé mí-cheart go iomlán...

Sílim, dá bhrí sin, bím.

- Descartes

Mac Léinn Loighce Fabhtach

"Tá an scannán Wonder Woman ag teacht amach i 2007!"

I got all 3 seasons of the 1970's series for Xmas! Lynda Carter was fabulous.

Is Joss Whedon an stiúrthóir é. (Joss Whedon is the director.)

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Is Joss Whedon an stiúrthóir é.

GRMA, a Mhíchíl. Ní fhéachaim ar an teilifís go minic.

CCC (comhréir chasta na copaile) anois:

Is é Joss Whedon an stiúrthóir é.

Is é Bertie an Taoiseach.
Is í Elizabeth an bhanríon.

Go raibh míle maith agat, a Dennis. Tá a fhios agat is dócha IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923736/.

(A million thanks, Dennis. You probably know IMDb.)

Is é Maidhc leabharlannaí é

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Is é Maidhc leabharlannaí é.

Mike is *a* librarian, or Mike is *the* librarian?

Is leabharlannaí é Maidhc. = Mike is a librarian.
Is leabharlannaí Maidhc. = Mike is a librarian.

The "é" is optional/dialectical in the above form.

Is é Maidhc an leabharlannaí. = Mike is the librarian.

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Is leabharlannaí é Maidhc. = Mike is a librarian.
Is leabharlannaí Maidhc. = Mike is a librarian.

The "é" is optional/dialectical in the above form.

I find that the pronoun is used (.i. é / í / iad) when you're talking about someone distant or someone you don't know. For instance, if you were talking about your brother: Is múinteoir Seán. But if you were talking about the Japanese President: Is iascaire é Uachtarán na Seapáine.

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Is múinteoir Seán. But if you were talking about the Japanese President: Is iascaire é Uachtarán na Seapáine.

Hmmm. Seo againn an dá leagan:

1) Is múinteoir Seán.
2) Is múinteoir é Seán.

Creidim go ndeirtear (2) go nádúrtha i gConamara, agus go ndeirtear (1) i dTír Chonaill (cé go mbeadh "Tá Seán ina mhúinteoir" níos coitianta ansin).

Leagan (1) a mholtar in Úrchúrsa Gaeilge agus in Graiméir Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí, gan aon tagairt do leagan (2). Mar shampla:

UG:

An sagart Séamas?
Nach oileán Éire?
Is dochtúir a athair.

GGnBC:

An eitleoir Tomás?
Nárbh iománaí deas Parthalán?