Shanna
Member Username: Shanna
Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 03:48 pm: |
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I was unsure of how to post....Sorry carrie. I have recently befriended an Irish man. He ended an email with.... a chara an chroi.... What does that mean? A good friend and ??? |
Mac_léinn
Member Username: Mac_léinn
Post Number: 184 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 04:18 pm: |
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A chara = "friend" and is the vocative form used when addressing someone, as we would do with "Dear John, etc. croí = heart an chroi = of the heart So, I think that a chara an chroí means "friend of the heart." In other words it's an term of endearment, as in "dear." Please wait for corrections/confirmation, since I'm a learner. Fáilte roimh cheartúcháin, go raibh céad maith agaibh. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teachyourselfirish http://groups.yahoo.com/group/irishlinguistics
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