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David_w
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Username: David_w
Post Number: 235
Registered: 03-2010
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 04:09 pm: |   
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How do you say this? I would start by má's gá dhuit, and then get stuck.
Luasgann an tAṫair Peadar mo ṡaoġal!.
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Domhnaillín_breac_na_dtruslóg
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Username: Domhnaillín_breac_na_dtruslóg
Post Number: 865
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 04:58 pm: |
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..."a fhios d'fháil"? |
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David_w
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Username: David_w
Post Number: 237
Registered: 03-2010
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 05:01 pm: |
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Thanks, Domhnaillín. That's one possibility. I thought of: má's gá a fhios a bheith agat, or má's gá a eolais a bheith agat.
Isn't it odd how what seem to be the simplest phrases can be the hardest to translate?
Luasgann an tAṫair Peadar mo ṡaoġal!.
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David_w
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Username: David_w
Post Number: 238
Registered: 03-2010
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 05:06 pm: |
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más gá go bhfuil a fhios agat???
Luasgann an tAṫair Peadar mo ṡaoġal!.
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Seánw
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Username: Seánw
Post Number: 594
Registered: 07-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 05:19 pm: |
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If it is just to introduce, it seems sufficient just to use the phrase you gave. You can also use "Más éigean duit ..."
Mar shampla:
Más éigean duit, d'ith mise na brioscaí!
I ndiaidh a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin.
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David_w
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Username: David_w
Post Number: 240
Registered: 03-2010
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 05:23 pm: |
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That's a good idea Seán. As a "stock phrase", it can go like that.
Luasgann an tAṫair Peadar mo ṡaoġal!.
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Taidhgín
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Username: Taidhgín
Post Number: 741
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 06:39 pm: |
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"Mharaigh fiosracht an cat." Curiosity killed the cat. |
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Hugo
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Username: Hugo
Post Number: 53
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 09:08 am: |
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Is maith an rud é go bhfuil ochtar fágtha aige... |
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Abigail
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Username: Abigail
Post Number: 1249
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 09:51 am: |
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Back up a step, from translation to context. If you're saying "if you must know" in English, you are (a) about to reveal something you normally wouldn't and (b) making a point of it.
Lomchlár na fírinne ná (go)...
Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 9847
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 04:14 pm: |
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Agus b'fhéidir
"Cé nach mbaineann sé leat..." |
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Ormondo
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Username: Ormondo
Post Number: 657
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 04:34 pm: |
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Mura bhfuil fulaingt a cheilte ort le déanamh agat air... ?
Is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin.
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