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J O'Connor (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 11:19 am: |   
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I have an Irish word of the day gadget that gives wrong information occasionally so I need to double check a sentence that doesn't seem correct to me.
They wrote: Is le gairid tógadh an teach seo. This house was built recently.
Can "is" be used in past tense structure like that?
I am fully aware that Google translate is useless, but just for kicks, I asked for the English to Irish translation and got: An tógadh le gairid ar mhúineadh seo. |
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An_chilleasrach
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Username: An_chilleasrach
Post Number: 226
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 01:54 pm: |
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I think it looks OK - there is an implied "a" before tógadh though. Literally "It is recently that this house was built". The past form of the copula - "Ba le gairid tógadh an teach seo" - looks fine too. I think either are OK.
Wait for the grammar mavens to come along with something more coherent. |
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| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 07:55 pm: |
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GRMA for the input. |
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Abigail
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Username: Abigail
Post Number: 1207
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 04:42 am: |
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"Is gairid gur tógadh an teach seo" an rud a déarfainn féin. Ní chaithfinn an "le" isteach ann ar chor ar bith.
"Ba ghairid gur tógadh an teach" - chiallódh sin nár thug sé ró-fhada orthu é a thógáil, más inné más fiche bliain ó shin.
Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!
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Abigail
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Username: Abigail
Post Number: 1208
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 04:45 am: |
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(...nár thug sé ró-fhada, nó ró-fhad? Ní mé cé is cirte acu. An dara ceann is dóigh.)
Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!
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An_chilleasrach
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Username: An_chilleasrach
Post Number: 227
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 06:05 am: |
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Míle buíochas, a hAbigail. Scríobh mé "is le deanaí a thosaigh mé ag léamh (teideal an leabhair)..." ar snáth eile. Táim ag eirí amhrasach anois! |
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