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Many people have asked for a downloadable version of my dictionary that can be searched. The whole idea of using the scribd.com Flash plugins was to protect the copyright, but seeing as it is not certain I will ever find a knowledgeable enough native speaker to work through all the problems (see the footnotes) in the dictionary, it might never be printed anyway, so I have decided to put a PDF at
http://www.corkirish.com/dictionary/dictionary.pdf on the proviso that I am not authorising commercial use of the dictionary or any extracts therefrom. If you see errors, please let me know. The file is about 4 MB long, and it prints out as 701 pages of A4. Regards, David Webb.

http://www.corkirish.com/dictionary/dictionary.pdf

This dictionary is a real treasure because it comes with the pronunciation for each word

Is maith liom é sin! Go raibh maith agut, a Aonghuis.

Do David Webb atá an buíochas ag dul. Níl ionam ach an teachtaire!

Níl a fhios agum conas a rá “for sharing” !

Tabhair abairt dúinn!

"Roinnt" a bheadh is gceist i gcásanna áirithe, mar shampla cáca. Níos casta le rud nach bhfuiltear ag roinnt ina bpíosaí.

We share a flat
Tá árasán i bpáirt againn.

Scaoiltear rún, mar shampla.


I gcás leabhar mar seo, tá sé curtha ar fáil do chách.

Gabh mo leithscéal! I was thanking you for sharing the link, but I didn't know how to say the "for sharing" part, so I just left it at "thank you."

Go raibh maith agat as an nasc a roinnt linn?

That probably isn't right....

I'm not sure! Some hair splitters would say not, since the link has not been divided. But I can't think of a better way.

Go raibh maith agat as an nasc a thaispeáint dúinn.
Go raibh maith agat as an nasc a chur in iúl dúinn.
Go raibh maith agat as an nasc a thabhairt dúinn.
Go raibh maith agat as sinn a chur ar an eolas faoin nasc.
Go raibh maith agat as an nasc.


Baineann "cur in aithne" le daoine.

Bheadh fonn orm ??? a chur in éis gach ceann díobh sin ach is dóigh liom go bhfuil dul na Gaeilge orthu.

GRMA, a Aonghuis!

A Jeaicín, I could bang my head on the desk! Not once did it occur to me to simply re-word the sentence! GRMA

One of the beauties of learning another language is that not only do "they" use different words and sounds they don't even say the same things to each other. They express themselves differently.

I am thinking of an occasion when I was walking past a house in the Gaeltacht carrying a musical instrument. Fear an tí happened to be at the door, saw me, and said: "Mo sheacht ngrá thú, a Jeaicín, tá tú ag goil (dul) ag bualadh ceoil." (.. or was it "a bhualadh ceoil"? That doesn't matter..)

My point is how on earth could you translate "mo sheacht ngrá thú" to English. There's the literal meaning of the words of course but how would an English speaker express the idea. Different languages, different moulds of thought, different sentence patterns --- different --- different --- different ---

That, a chara, is why I could bang my head on the desk. Because I KNOW that! I've told my children time and again, "You can't put english idom into another language." But I get all hung up on the grammar and can't see the forest for the trees....

Right lads

Labhraím an ghaelainn timpeall na háite sa bhaile is ceapaim go bhfuil mé líofa go leor (is as an ghaeltacht do m'athair) ach tá ceist amháin agam...

Tar éis an ceist, "cad as duit", caithfidh go bhfuil an freagair ceart ná "is as ____ dom" in ionad "is as ____ mé?"

cad as duit? Is as Baile Átha Cliath dom

I have heard many versions of "Where are you from?" in Irish.

Incidentally "Is as Baile Átha Cliath mé." is not wrong. Even in response to "Cad as duit?" You don't have to be over-scrupulous in using exactly the same structure as the questioner. I can't imagine anyone saying "(Is) as Baile Átha Cliath dom" other than those matchstick figures in school textbooks.

In fact I am not sure that "Cad as duit?" is correct for what you want to say. "Cad as duit?" = "Out of what (are) you?"

I would prefer one of these:

Cárb as duit? / As Nua Eabhrac dom / As Nua Eabhrac mé.

[cá = where; + arb = indirect relative pronoun before a vowel]

Cé as a'b as tú? = Cé as arb as tú? -- Where are you from.

"Cé as" does not necessarily mean "out of whom" : Look up all the meanings for "cé" in Ó Dónaill. It has far more meanings than just "who?"

Of course, you can also say:

Cad as duit?

Is ó Bhaile Átha Cliath mé.