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| Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 03:10 pm: |
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Cupla ceist: 1. How frequently is santaigh used in lieu of ba mhaith le? 2. Also, how would one say "I want to know." ? (Just the general statement, exactly like that -- not specifying what you want to know.) GRMA! |
Dennis
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| Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 09:24 pm: |
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1. Never. "Santaigh" means to covet, to lust after. 2. Ba mhaith liom fios a bheith agam. ~~ That's one way. But Irish has different words for knowing, fios, eolas, aithne, so it's not that cut-and-dried. "An seanchas gearr, an seanchas is fearr."
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