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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2009 (March- April) » Archive through March 03, 2009 » I will not « Previous Next »

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Bearn
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Username: Bearn

Post Number: 1053
Registered: 06-2007


Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 06:23 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

How would this be said?

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Cionaodh
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Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 07:04 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

This seems like a response to a question. We'd have to know the question, so that we could use the right verb in response. For example:

An mbeidh tú ansin?
Ní bheidh

An íosfaidh tú é?
Ní íosfaidh

srl.

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Bearn
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Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 07:33 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Thanks grand. I was actually thinking of the phrase:

They can't, nor won't

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Cionaodh
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Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 12:58 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

The "can't" part is easy:

Ní féidir liom (leat, leis, léi, srl.)

The "won't" part requires the negative future of the verb used in the question. For instance:

An ndéanfaidh tú é?

Ní féidir liom ná ní dhéanfaidh mé


or

An íosfaidh tú é?

Ní féidir liom ná ní íosfaidh mé


As a point of logic, however, I'd never say such a thing, since if I "can't" do a thing, then whether I will or not seems beside the point.

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