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James_murphy
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Username: James_murphy
Post Number: 120
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 07:36 pm: |   
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How would you say a sentence like "You should be able to write better now"?
"Ba chóir gurbh fhearr ab fhéidir leat scríobh anois" is about the best I can come up with but I'm far from sure, especially about 'gurbh' and 'ab'.
Thanks
Séamus Ó Murchadha
Caighdeán mo Thóin!
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Fadaspresent (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 08:45 pm: |
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You're making life awfully complicated for yourself there.
1 - Ba chóir duit bheith in ann scríobh nios fearr anois.
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2 - Ba chóir go mbeifeá in ann scríobh nios fearr anois
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3 - Ba chóir gurbh fhéidir leat scríobh níos fearr anois (though this would seem to me to mean 'possibility' rather than'ability'.
As a learner myself, of course, I'm open to correction... |
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 2268
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 06:46 am: |
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Fadaspresent’s sentences look alright.
You could also say: Ba chóir gurbh fhearr a scríobhann tú anois (or in Ulster: ba chóir go mb’fhearr a scríobhas tú anois).
You could use "ábalta" too: ba chóir go mbeifeá ábalta scríobh níos fearr anois
Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/
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Domhnall
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Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 1359
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 09:57 am: |
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Ba chóir go mbeadh feabhas tagtha ar do scríbhneoireacht* ag brath ar chomhthéacs.
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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