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Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Member Username: Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Post Number: 1 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 07:57 am: |
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I was wondering how an Irish person would say: May I help you? (if you work in a store) Cad tá (ag teastáil) uait? seems a bit rude. Cad mhaith leat? or Ar mhaith leat rud éigin? Seems alright to me, but I don´t know if it´s grammatically correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated and if you have any other handy shopkeeping phrases I´d love to hear them:) |
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Lughaidh
Member Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 2303 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 08:05 am: |
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Cad atá ag teastáil uait? (Munster) Cad ba mhaith leat? (Munster) However I don't know what would Gaeltacht shopkeepers really say, I don't remember. (Message edited by Lughaidh on March 24, 2008) Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/
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Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Member Username: Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Post Number: 2 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 01:57 pm: |
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Thanks a lot. Do you know if Ar mhaith leat rud éign is grammatically incorrect or just plain strange? |
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Abigail
Member Username: Abigail
Post Number: 697 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 02:21 pm: |
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No, grammatically it's just fine. It wouldn't seem strange to me, but whether it's the most commonly-used formulation or not I don't know. The only times I've been addressed in Irish by a shopkeeper were in the Conradh na Gaeilge shop in Dublin. I was greeted, and then left alone till I wanted something - no "can-I-help-you" about it. That's just one shop though, and only a few visits there, so it may not be representative. Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 03:46 pm: |
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'An dtig liom ciudiú leat?'= Can I help you? Normal Ulster version. 'Cad é (or variants thereof) a ba mhaith leat?' = what would you like? (Typical waiter-in-a-restaurant scenario) |
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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Member Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 384 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 04:12 pm: |
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"Ar mhaith leat rud éign..." Also, the Pimsleur course in Irish features exactly this phrase for "would you like something (to eat, to drink, etc.)" That course features Munster Irish, for what it's worth. |
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Trigger
Member Username: Trigger
Post Number: 51 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 04:16 pm: |
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As far as I know in Donegal they say ''rud inteacht'' instead of ''rug éigin'' even though éigin and inteacht mean the same thing I think it comes from a longer word and different regions favoured different parts. Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam.
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Lughaidh
Member Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 2309 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 08:01 pm: |
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Aye: éiginteacht, éigineacht have become inteacht and ineacht in Ulster, as far as I can remember. éigin was éigin, but it's a word only used in some places of Munster (I wonder why it has been chosen in the Standard...). It looks like the most common word in Ireland is eicínt, used in most places of Munster and Connemara. Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/
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Suaimhneas
Member Username: Suaimhneas
Post Number: 402 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 06:01 am: |
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"Cad tá uait?" is what I got from a shopkeeper in Baile an Fheirtéaraigh on Monday. But she would know me to see, so perhaps this explains the informality |
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Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Member Username: Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Post Number: 3 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 07:28 am: |
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Thanks alot everyone that really helps alot. "The only times I've been addressed in Irish by a shopkeeper were in the Conradh na Gaeilge shop in Dublin..." Well Abigail, prepare to be addressed in Irish next time you visit my shop in Amsterdam!:) |
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Abigail
Member Username: Abigail
Post Number: 706 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 09:07 am: |
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Beidh mé ag súil leis! :) What shop would that be? Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!
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Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Member Username: Ruairí_Ó_tuathail
Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 06:19 am: |
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Obraim i shiopa i gcóngar an Central Station i Amsterdam. Damrak (uimhir 85) is ainm do an tsráid. CU later |
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