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Seabhac
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Username: Seabhac
Post Number: 21
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 05:48 pm: |   
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The phrase I need with this time is:
Dá bhfaigheadh sé thall í chor ar bith ar a nádúr féin i Seana Choille, cá bhfios nach mbeadh sé, in aice chúnta Dé, in ann barr cluana a chur uirthi fanacht ann
ní ba mhó, ar mhaithe lena shláinte féin?
I know it's long, so maybe it's better to cut it where I did.
My main problem is with "cá bhfios nach..."
thanks. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7317
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 05:52 pm: |
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Cá bhfios nach - who knows but that (i.e. maybe)
I think you've scrambled the quote above a bit, but I can't find my copy just now.
Agus pé scéal é tá sé in am domhsa dul a luí...
(Message edited by aonghus on August 02, 2008)
(Message edited by aonghus on August 02, 2008) |
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Seabhac
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Username: Seabhac
Post Number: 22
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 03, 2008 - 05:45 am: |
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ok, so my main problem was solved, so I can now ask about the other words:
"...in ann barr cluana a chur uirthi fanacht ann"
grmma |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7321
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2008 - 01:16 pm: |
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I get the meaning, but I'm not sure of th idiom exactly.
FGB gives "cluain a chur ar dhuine" to flatter, deceive.
I this case it seems to mean "he would be able to persuade her to stay there"
As I recall the story the hero wants to go home, and his wife is having none of it. He hopes that if he can get her to take a trip home with him that he'll be able to change her mind. |
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Seabhac
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Username: Seabhac
Post Number: 26
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2008 - 01:52 pm: |
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Of course it makes sense, I think it fits what I thought too (the deceive thing).
Go raibh mile maith agat! |
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Seabhac
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Username: Seabhac
Post Number: 29
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 08:46 am: |
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Another paragraph I need help with is:
"Ba ghearr go bhfuair Máirtín ???an fruisín?? atá in áirithe i gcónaí d'fhear briste an nóis.
Thionscail miongháire thart le balla."
Thanks again!
(Message edited by seabhac on August 06, 2008) |
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Antain
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Username: Antain
Post Number: 18
Registered: 06-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 10:22 am: |
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What story is this from, a Sheabhaic? The context would help. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7326
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 10:33 am: |
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Seconded.
I'm not sure what "an fruisín" is - but the sense is clear. Mairtín has broken the normal usage, the correct way of doing things [nós] - and he is punished for it.
Have you given us all of the second sentence? |
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Seabhac
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Username: Seabhac
Post Number: 30
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 11:56 am: |
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"Thionscail miongháire thart le balla. Níorbh fhada go raibh sé ina dhranntán fonóideach agus ina ghreann gangaideach.@
A question about names: Sonaí Pheadaí - is it a boy or a girl?
If it's a boy than I need to know why it says:
"Ba ghearr go raibh Sonaí Pheadaí agus 'Yank' Liam Mhóir ina ndís eile."
GRMA |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7327
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 03:24 pm: |
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I suspect "Yank" Liam Mhóir is the female of the pair - Liam Mór's daughter returned from the States, and therefore referred to as Yank.
A grin started at the wall [among the men propping it up probably]. It wasn't long before is was a mocking laugh and bitter mocking. |
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taylor m (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2008 - 01:55 pm: |
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can someone translate may you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live into gaelic for me plz |
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