In the sentence:
"Cé chasfaí orm i gcumar ceoidh ach pocán crón is é ar buile."

Do you pronounce the "f" in chasfaí like a "h", an "f", or is it silent?

Also, is the "is é" part pronounced "ish ey" or "is ey"?

I'd pronounce the 'f' in "chasfaí" as /f/, for a number of reasons.

The words "is" + "é" normally coalesce into /s'e:/ (sh) when "is" is the copula. Here, "is" is a short form of "agus", however. I just ran the words through in my head with the melody and said "is ey".

Maith thú, a Dhennis!

The pronunciation of -f- in casfaí depends on dialect. I would pronounce it like an h (I speak Ulster Irish).

(Message edited by lughaidh on February 10, 2007)

Is amhlaidh atá leagan maith den amhrán sin, "an Poc ar Buile" ann ar CD leis na Chieftains, a tugadh "Water From the Well" air. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Well-Chieftains/dp/B00004L8AZ

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I would pronounce it like an h (I speak Ulster Irish).

Tá's againn sin. ;-) Ach (a) is amhrán Muimhneach é; (b) tá suim ag WFM sa chanúint sin; (c) tá (nó bhíodh) stádas ar leith ag an gcanúint sin in amhránaíocht: is minic a chloíonn amhránaithe ar fud na tíre leis an bhfuaimniú sin más ón Deisceart atá an t-amhrán; agus (d) tá an /f/ sin níos soiléire ná /h/ dá lán daoine, go háirithe más amhránaíocht atá i gceist. Dúirt mé for a number of reasons ! :-)

Conas a déarfá "for a number of reasons"?

Would it be: "de líon na réasún"?

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Is amhlaidh atá leagan maith den amhrán sin, "an Poc ar Buile" ann ar CD leis na Chieftains...

Agus tá ceann deas eile ar an dlúthdhiosca "éist arís".

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Conas a déarfá "for a number of reasons"?

"Hmmm. Ceist mhaith," a deir sé, ag tochas a chinn. :-)

for that reason = ar an ábhar sin, ar an gcúis sin

for a good many reasons = ar iliomad cúiseanna

GRMA, a Dennis. I had seen this type of construction at Focal.ie and was wondering if it would be similar or if there would be another way to say the expression.


number s of complaints on hand
▪
Póilíneacht/Policing
an líon fir1 gearán fós idir lámha

number s of elements
▪
Matamaitic/Mathematics
líon fir1 na mball
Téarmaí Matamaitice/Mathematical Terms

number s of poles
▪
Eolaíocht/Science
líon fir1 na bpol
Foclóir Eolaíochta/Dictionary of Science 1994

number s of zeros
▪
Matamaitic/Mathematics
líon fir1 na náideanna
Téarmaí Matamaitice/Mathematical Terms

Le meas, Maidhc

(Message edited by mícheál on February 10, 2007)

ar chúiseanna iomadúla

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number of complaints
an líon gearán

number of elements
líon na mball

Irish "líon" translates well as "(the) number" (of complaints, members, etc.). But English "a number (of)" is a much vaguer entity, like "several". The best Irish equivalent of "a number / several" is probably "roinnt", thus:

ar roinnt cúiseanna = for several reasons / for a number of reasons


(Message edited by dennis on February 11, 2007)

Tá áthas ormsa ar roinnte chúiseanna [that - still need to wrap my brain around this complex sentence structure] múineann tú go maith, a Dennis.

Oíche mhaith anois,

Maidhc

MY BAD!!! Scríobh mé "ar roinnte chúiseanna" ar dtús thuas ansin. Is botún é sin! Cheartaigh mé an teachtaireacht.

ar roinnt cúiseanna

Bhuel ansin, tá tú go hiontach ar roinnt cúiseanna, a Dennis.

Le meas, Maidhc