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  • 21-02-2015 6:53pm
    #1
    STEEL COMET
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Sorry for such a daft request but could someone translate
    "this is a great achievement that we should be proud of"

    Thanks ye geniuses!


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    Urethra Franklin
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Urethra Franklin


    STEEL COMET wrote: »
    Sorry for such a daft request but could someone translate
    "this is a great achievement that we should be proud of"

    Thanks ye geniuses!

    Is éacht íontach é seo, ba chóir dúinn bheith bródúil as.

    Hope the spelling is right anyway! Instead of the comma I think you could link the clauses with gur "...seo gur chóir ..." But I wouldn't be 100% sure.


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    Gumbi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Urethra Franklin wrote: »
    Is éacht íontach é seo, ba chóir dúinn bheith bródúil as.

    Hope the spelling is right anyway! Instead of the comma I think you could link the clauses with gur "...seo gur chóir ..." But I wouldn't be 100% sure.

    I never fully understood this grammatically speaking and always go by ear... I think you need an "a" before bheith. Wait for more on this point however. The translation is god though.

    I would tentatively suggest this, it's technically closer to the original but I'm not 100% confident in the grammar of it (maybe others can chime in).

    Is éacht iontach é seo ar chóir dúinn [a] bheith bródúil as.


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    STEEL COMET
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭STEEL COMET


    How to say:

    "He started waving his hand" as gaelige


    Go Raibh mile


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    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    STEEL COMET wrote: »
    How to say:

    "He started waving his hand" as gaelige


    Go Raibh mile

    Thosaigh sé croitheadh a lamh


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    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    I think the tuiseal ginideach of "lámh" might be needed here because of the use of the ainm briathara ("ag")

    Thosaigh sé ag croitheadh a láimhe.


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    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    An File wrote: »
    I think the tuiseal ginideach of "lámh" might be needed here because of the use of the ainm briathara ("ag")

    Thosaigh sé ag croitheadh a láimhe.

    Correct :o

    Apologies Op!


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