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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh

Post Number: 412
Registered: 09-2006

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 09:31 pm:

As Buntús Cainte, ceacht 30:

Fuair mé ocht scilling sa phóca sin.
I got eight shillings in that pocket.

An bhfuil "fuair mé ocht scilling" ionann agus "tá ocht scilling agam"?

Dennis
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Username: Dennis

Post Number: 3609
Registered: 02-2005

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 10:56 pm:

I mBéarla "I got" = "I've got" = "I have". Ach ní mar sin atá sé i nGaeilge!

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An bhfuil "fuair mé ocht scilling" ionann agus "tá ocht scilling agam"?

Ní hionann an dá abairt.

Dála an scéil (= BTW), tá an chopail ag teastáil san abairt sin.

Cúpla sampla eile:

Is ionann iad.

Is ioanann "bord" agus "tábla".

"An seanchas gearr,
an seanchas is fearr."

Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh

Post Number: 414
Registered: 09-2006

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 11:47 pm:

Aha! So...

An ionann "fuair mé ocht scilling" agus "tá ocht scilling agam"?

... would've been the right way to phrase that question?

Dennis
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Username: Dennis

Post Number: 3612
Registered: 02-2005

Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 - 12:03 am:

Bingo!

"An seanchas gearr,
an seanchas is fearr."

Róman
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Username: Róman

Post Number: 1243
Registered: 03-2006

Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 - 03:13 am:

I think the English translation of that phrase is either very misleading or simply negligent.

"Fuaras + place" is customary translated "I found", not "I got".

Gaelainn na Mumhan abú!

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