A Chairde,

My dad has been asking me to ask about this.

While in Ireland my dad and I thought that the best food there was the potatoes, surprise surprise. He really wants to know what kind or breed of potato the chips (fries) are made from. Ta bron orm as an OT teachtaireacht.

Beir bua agus beannacht

A breed known as "Records" are used quite a lot.

Maris Piper is the preferred varirty in commercial catering

GRMA. Isn't it funny how prata agus trata rhyme in Irish and their English equivelants rhyme too? :)

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sláinte is táinte - health and wealth

Prátaí, trátaí, sláinte, agus táinte: an bhfuil rud ar bith eile ag teastáil ó dhuine?

When someone asks "An fuil Gaeilge agat?" how can one say "I only have a little bit" or "I only know a very small amount" as Gaeilge?

Beir bua agus beannacht

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An bhfuil Gaeilge agat?

Tá beagán Gaeilge agam.

Tá cúpla focal agam.

If you say "Tá an cúpla focal agam," it means "I know just the obligatory few words.

p.s. How can we get you síntí fada (fada marks), Ríona? Has this been thrashed out before here?

Agus tá fataí againn thiar i gConamara....:-)


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Bheadh na fataí bainte, nite, bruite agus ite ag an gConachtach fad a bheadh an Muimhneach ag rá "prátaí".

Quote: p.s. How can we get you síntí fada (fada marks), Ríona? Has this been thrashed out before here?

'Sea, Riona. Scríobh tú 900+ postáil. Níl sé deacair.

Tá bialann i Meiriceá. Five Guys, Burgers and Fries is ainm aige. Insíonn siad thú sa bhialann cá fuair siad a bprataí.

(Yes, Riona. You wrote 900+ postings. It is not difficult.

There is a restuarant in America. Five Guys, Burgers and Fries is its name. They tell you in the restuarant where they got their potatoes.)

A Ríona

Seo dhuit, gach uile rud a bhaint le prátai in Éirinn

Everything you ever need to know about potatoes in Ireland

This information is produced by Teagasc a government agricultural research and training body. It is one of the Government bodies that is always referred by it's ainm Ghaelach even in English (Teagasc means instruction or teaching)


http://www.teagasc.ie/agrifood/potatoes.htm

In my posting above, would cá be put in past tense and would the next word be eclipsed? Even in present tense I should have eclipsed it too, right? There probably is a better way to express the notion of being told something everytime you come into the place. I will wait for mo mhúinteoirí anseo to respond. GRMMA.

Tá bialann i Meiriceá. Five Guys, Burgers and Fries is ainm aige dó. Insíonn siad \strike(thú) dhuit sa bhialann cá bhfuair siad a bprataí.

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Nath eile: saol fata i mbéal muice

Okay, I am working on the naith eile, another idiomatic expression, saol fata i mbéal muice.

I found two references on the net:

Imríodh an cluiche sin ar an Domhnach agus pé seans a bhí faighte ag an bhfoireann go dtí seo, ní raibh aon duine ag tabhairt saol fata i mbéal muice dóibh in aghaidh Chiarraí, ach arís óráid bhreá eile ón gcaptaen, cúlaithe a bhí crua docht lárpáirce a bhí thar cionn agus tosaithe den scoth.

http://www.naomhanna.ie/comortas_cluichi.htm

Ach níor chuir na bagairtí sin fuacht ná faitíos ar Ó Riordáin: chroch sé an bhratach dhearg, deis ar bith dá bhfuair sé. Agus 'fhios mhaith go mion minic, nach raibh, agus nach mbeadh, saol fata i mbéal muice aige, i gcoinne FF, FG agus na hEaglaise Rómhánaí Caitlicí.

http://www.geocities.com/IrelandSCW/ibvol-MoRLa.htm

Something about life in a pig's mouth or something. Níl a fhios agam an focal fata. Feicim "fata morgana" at Focal.ie.

Tá an nath eile seo agam: in aice láithreach ach níl todóg agam. I cannot believe that I did not say "ainm dó." When it comes to "Maidhc is ainm dom," I feel dumb. I will keep trying to find the expression in one of my resources. Thanks for the challenge.

how long do you think a potato would last in a pig's snout?

Chuala me go fáda ó shin, bhi >10,000 saghas na pratai ag na daoine ó Mexico. (I heard that a long time ago, the people from Mexico had over 10,000 kinds of potatoes.)

Fortunately some of them made their way to Ireland. Is breá liom prataí!

Mac Léinn Prátaí

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Níl a fhios agam an focal fata. Feicim "fata morgana" at Focal.ie.

fata a thugann na connachtaigh ar práta, a Mhichíl.

quote:

Chuala me go fáda ó shin, bhi >10,000 saghas na pratai ag na daoine ó Mexico.

Peru / Bolivia atá i gceist agat, ní México. Is sna sléibhte Andes a tugadh an práta chun tíreachais.

A Dennis, go raibh maith agat as do cheartúchán. Oh, bhuel, bhí mé san fhoscadh (close?).

I looked at "help with fadas" which confused me very much. Alt GR doesn't do anything either. Cutting and pasting is quite hard for me, ta bron orm ach nil fadai agam.

Beir bua agus beannacht

alt + 0225 = á
alt + 0233 = é
alt + 0237 = í
alt + 0243 = ó
alt + 0250 = ú

Ta bron orm, but my computer won't do that the way it is set up. I suspect it is a lost cause.

By holding the ALT GR key down and pressing the desired
vowel will also produce fáda 's. áéíóú. Slán

A Riona,

Are you not able to highlight with your mouse the letters below this posting area and drag them into this area?

á Á é É í Í ó Ó ú Ú

I just did them all at once. If you are at this site and you are on the Internet, I do not understand why you cannot do this.

Beidh mé ag teacht chugat lá amháin!

do you have a mac? if so, it's opt+e and then the vowel you want

Ríona, if you have an American keyboard and are running Windows, here's what I use:
http://mearchlar.tripod.com/
I find it easier (and less work for the fingers) than the ALT-code method.

It's a tiny download, easy to install, and will let you type them in any program you're running - Web browser, email, word processor or whatever. You can also get dotted consonants and a few other goodies with it.

If you have (or if anyone has) any trouble installing it, just let me know and I'll be happy to help.

Abigail

Práta? Fata?
Cá bhfágann sin Préata an Ultigh?

In áit na leathphingne, mar is dual d'Ultach!

Sios! Ná habair don Ultach é ;-)

GRMA for all the ideas but with the software that I must use, I cannot do anything with the alt key because it takes me to the menu and cutting and pasting is difficult. With this software I don't use the mouse except very very rarely.

What software are you using, Ríona?

The method I described doesn't take the alt key at all. Once you have that keyboard layout file installed, all you do is press "/" and then the vowel. If you type "/a", it gives you "á" and so on. It should work no matter what software you're running (as long as it's in Windows.)

Abigail,

Thanks for the link above. I installed the software and you're right - it's easy to install and use.

A Riona, is é do sheal é