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Sieirál
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Username: Sieirál
Post Number: 2
Registered: 01-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:43 pm: |   
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Does anyone know any idiomatic saying or a way to express loss or sorrow. I didn't see any in the phrases on the sight. I'd like to find a very pretty way of saying it, because I know Irish has so many poetic phrases. that's what makes it a beautiful language.
I appreciate it.
Go raibh maith agaibh!
Sieirál. |
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Antaine
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Username: Antaine
Post Number: 1179
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 11:56 pm: |
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tá bron an domhain orm - might be a way to go |
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Peter
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Username: Peter
Post Number: 438
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 07:42 am: |
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(Message edited by peter on February 20, 2008)
'Rath Dé agus bail Phádraig ar a bhfeicfidh mé ó éireoidh mé ar maidin go gcodlóidh mé san oíche'
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Domhnall
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Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 1349
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 12:28 pm: |
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Tá mé croíbhriste? (heartbroken)
Cráite?
S-words usually mean happy/positive
D-words usually mean the opposite, there's probably a d-word or two that'd suit.
You can put two words together to emphasise the feeling.
Mar shampla ;
Sona Sásta
A people without a language of its own is only half a nation.A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 08:13 am: |
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Tá mo chroí cráite.
nó
Tá mé croíbhriste
nó
Tá brón orm
Tá mé buartha |
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Sinéad Ní Chatháin (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 10:26 am: |
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"Tá áiféal an domhain orm" has the same meaning as "Tá brón an domhain orm", except it is slightly stronger. Its literal meaning is 'I have the world of sorrow upon me'.
Thats quite poetic.
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