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David ME (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 03:34 am: |   
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I am trying to say: I think x should be y.
The existential paradigm conjugation is what I'm looking for in this specific case.
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 1740
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 09:50 am: |
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Is Y a noun, an adjective, a kangaroo?
I think Róisín should be happy / Ceapaim gur ceart áthas a bheith ar Róisín
I think Séamas should be helping / Ceapaim gur ceart do Sheámas bheith ag cabhrú
I think Domhnall should be a doctor / Ceapaim gur ceart do Dhomhnall bheith ina dhoctúir
I think Máirtín should be strong / Ceapaim gur ceart do Mháirtín bheith láidir
(Message edited by fear_na_mbróg on July 08, 2007)
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 1769
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 10:16 am: |
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"Gur cheart", nach eadh?
Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm
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David ME (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 11:28 am: |
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Thanks Lughaidh,
both x and y are nouns, like in the sentence:
television can not, presumably, be means of education. |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Post Number: 1742
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| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 03:38 pm: |
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A Lughaidh, bhfuil tú ag rá gur c(h)eart an modh cionnaíollach a úsáid nuair a bhítear ag rá "should" as Gaoluinn? i.e. "Ba cheart duit" in ionad "Is ceart duit"?
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Muna mbíonn téarma Gaoluinne agaibh ar rud éigin, bígí cruthaitheach! Ná téigí i muinín focail Bhéarla a úsáid, údar truaillithe é sin dod chuid cainte.
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Róman
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Post Number: 917
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 03:45 pm: |
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quote:Gur cheart", nach eadh? In the past tense, but not in the present tense. Why?
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Róman
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Post Number: 918
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| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 03:46 pm: |
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quote: "Ba cheart duit" in ionad "Is ceart duit"? Is ceart dom, gan dabht.
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Daithí (Unregistered Guest)
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Chuala mise 'ba cheart' agus 'ba chóir' duit... meaning 'you should'.
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Róman
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Username: Róman
Post Number: 920
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 04:28 pm: |
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quote:Chuala mise 'ba cheart' agus 'ba chóir' duit... meaning 'you should'. Is ceart dom = I should (now) Ba cheart dom = I should have (in the past). Where is the catch? Or I still don't get something?
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Chuala mé i gcónaí an leagan sin sa módh coinníollach--Ba cheart duit.... |
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Róman
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Username: Róman
Post Number: 922
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 01:46 am: |
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quote:Chuala mé i gcónaí an leagan sin sa módh coinníollach As I have seen it in two textbooks by Munster natives as "is ceart dom", tá amhras orm that you have seen Béarlachas i gcomhnaí. I should (conditional) -> Ba cheart dom (conditional). Irish has normal present tense in such expression and there tons of them: is maith liom is breá liom is ail liom is dóigh liom is fiú dom is ceart dom ....
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