I need another translation of my usuals from "An Braon Broghach":

"má ba liomsa a bheith i mo bholscaire teachta aige níor mhór dom a bheith i mo bholscaire a dhiongbhála..."
(p. 86)

Thanks

I'm away from my books for the next week.
(And probably from here).

So a rough cut:
If it fell to me to be the proclaimer of his coming, it would also be necessary for me to be the proclaimer of his defeat.

defeat????

gabh mo leithscéal, ach ní bhfuair mé in aon áit an bhrí seo den focal "dhiongbhála".

Sea, ach!

diongbháil [ainm briathartha][ainmfhocal baininscneach den tríú díochlaonadh]
cómhaith (níl a diongbháil de bhean le fáil); fiúntas, maitheas (brí agus diongbháil na hargóinte); seasmhacht; deimhniú, daingniú (fuair sé diongbháil ann).


"Fear mo dhiongbhála" - fear atá (ró) mhaith dom.

Gan an tsliocht a léamh i gcomhthéacs, ní thig liom ach buille faoi thuairim a thabhairt.

go raibh maith agat faoin aistriúchán.

ar aon chaoi, chabhraigh tú liom.

"Bholscaire a dhiongbhála" I would read as "an announcer worthy of him" in this context.

Seo dhaoibh an paragraf roimhe:

Ach bhí Seán Ó Dúill faoi fhallaing dhraíochta i riocht agus nárbh aithne é thar fhear mar chách. Ba dhia gan chrónaí sa slua é, agus snua, iompar, goití agus béarlagair an tslua charraigh, aonchruthaigh, lionndubhasaigh seo aige... nó go dtagadh an tráth dó é féin a fhoilsiú... Ansin chaithfeadh sé a fhallaing cheilteamais de agus d'fheicfí an dia ina chruth agus ina dhealramh. Fúmsa a bhí téisclim a shlí...

Agus sin é m'fhocal nua-sa in aghaidh an lae!
("téisclim" = ullmhú, déanamh réidh)

What is drochfháithlia?

and what is the translation of "ná fuil"?

thanks

Fáthlia/Fiathlia is a healer
droch = bad
ná fuil =nach bhfuil but used in Munster

go raibh mile maith agat, a Bhearn.

Now I came across this sentence:

"...b'uaibhrí an fás feamainne duibhe ann ná thiar ar na clochair gharbha."


thanks to whoever wishes to help me in here.

I've got the all sentence mixed up, is it an fás feamainne together or uaibhrí an fás together?

The growth of black seaweed there was prouder than west on the rough rocks.

So "an fás feamainne" is a unit.

ok, and if that was troubling me, this one is a problem:

"Ba bhean diongbhála Chúchulainn nó Aodha Rua Uí Dhónaill í".

1. How do you pronounce Aodha?

2. after ba/is there shouldn't be a definite noun, which is here the compound - bhean diongbhála Chúchulainn nó Aodha Rua Uí Dhónaill - so is there another way to dissect this sentence?

thanks!

(Message edited by seabhac on December 13, 2008)

1. I don't do pronunciations!

2. Ba (bhean diongbhála Chúchulainn nó Aodha Rua Uí Dhónaill) í

She fit to be the wife/partner of Cúchulainn or Red Hugh O Donnell.

that means that it's in contrary to all those nominal sentences I have ever come across with, it's a definite cluster of words after is/ba.

(Message edited by seabhac on December 13, 2008)

I'm sorry, you need an answer from one of the grammar geeks on that!

However, I'm not sure that "bhean diongbhála Chúchulainn nó Aodha Rua Uí Dhónaill" is definite, because more than one woman could fit in that category.

Cruinnscríobh na Gaeilge calls this type of sentence "Abairtí Aicme"

17.5.1 Is é a chiallaíonn ‘abairt aicme’ ná abairt ina bhfuil duine éigin nó rud éigin á lua le haicme (.i. grúpa) éigin.

17.5.3 San abairt aicme, bíonn an fhaisnéis roimh an ainmní i gcónaí agus bíonn an fhaisnéis i gcónaí éiginnte.

great, thanks for the info.

This time it's from Lá Dár Saol (p. 33):

"Agus nár dheas duit do mhac nó t'iníon nó éinne muinteartha a dhul chughat ag tindeáil ort id thigín féin?"

What is "id thigín"?

grmma

"id thigín" = "i do theachín"

thanks.

Hey there! I found this site when I was looking for some Irish translations. I´ll make a presentation in English about Irish music (especially Enya and Loreena McKennitt), Celtic culture and Irish as language. I´m looking for some easy Irish sentences to teach my classmates. If you have an idea, I would be happy.
Sorry for my bad English :-)

On Enya's latest album there is a song called "Oíche Chiúin" which is the Irish version of the Austrian Christmas carol "Stille Nacht". (The English version is called "Silent Night").

The lyrics (words of the song) are available here: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Silent-Night-O%C3%ADche-chi%C3%BAin-lyric s-Enya/231FFA4CECD1BB5848256C8B000B5FC3

A seasonal start to the project!

Seo an t-amhrán é fein. An 100% ionann na liricí ráite agus na liricí scríofa?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOBCihEAQ0

(Message edited by Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh on December 20, 2008)

Is dóigh liom é.

Need translation help:

...a chuir faoi deara di an tuairt sin a chur uirthi féin don Ghealchathair gach Satharn ina cosa boinn, a choinnigh faoi shíorimní agus ag síorsclábhaíocht í...



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