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Sineadw
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Username: Sineadw
Post Number: 179
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 01:57 pm: |   
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'Ba mhaith flaithiúil uaidh a chuid eolais agus a chuid nótaí a roinnt leis an gcuid eile againn'
Is this a case of the copula in the past tense with both 'maith' and 'flaithiúil' used to emphasise how generous he was? I've just never seen 'ba mhaith' used in this kind of context and it's thrown me a bit. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 9714
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 02:56 pm: |
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My take is that both are meant
Ba mhaith uaidh X a dhéanamh
Ba fláithiúl uaidh X a dhéanamh |
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Sineadw
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Username: Sineadw
Post Number: 181
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 03:03 pm: |
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Thanks so much Aonghus! So would 'Ba fláithiúl uaidh' mean it was generous of him? and 'ba mhaith uaidh' it was good of him? |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 9717
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 03:04 pm: |
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That would be how I'd understand it. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 9718
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 03:06 pm: |
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