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Caireann
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Username: Caireann

Post Number: 19
Registered: 03-2011

Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 02:57 pm:

Hey i have an exercise book and im trying to learn how to use an chopail. Just wondering could you help with these phrases so i could use them as an example
'there were great footballers long ago'
'the drink problem is the worst problem in the country'
'seán de paor is president of the club now'

Ormondo
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Username: Ormondo

Post Number: 723
Registered: 04-2008

Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 05:24 pm:

Ba iontach iad na peileadóirí fadó.
Is í fadhb an óil an fhadhb is measa sa tír.
Is é Seán de Paor uachtarán an chumainn faoi láthair.

(Message edited by ormondo on April 08, 2011)

Is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin.

Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh

Post Number: 3905
Registered: 01-2005

Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 07:55 pm:

I'd say (Donegal Irish):

Bhí peileadóirí don scoith ann fadó. (Ormondo's means "The footballers were wonderful long ago").
(Is í) fadhb an óil an fhadhb is measa sa tír.
(Is é) Seán de Paor uachtarán an chumainn fá láthair.

You can drop "is é" and "is í" here.

Learn Irish pronunciation here: http://loig.cheveau.ifrance.com/irish/irishsounds/irishsounds.html & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/

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