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BBC Irish Show - SRL

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  • 27-01-2004 12:17am
    #1
    Johnny_the_fox
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    SRL - BBC2 Mondays @ 8 p.m

    <webpage appears to be down atm>


    Did anyone see it?


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    #2
    snickerpuss
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    Yup ive been watching that the last few weeks. Its pretty cool but a tad confusing cos im hopeless at understanding donegal accent.


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    Suaimhneach
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    Conaic mé é uair nó dó tamaill ó shin. Bíonn sé air an deanach ar fad. Bhí sé simúil ar aon os!

    I saw it once or twice a while back. Its on really late. It was interesting!


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    Gleanndún
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    Originally posted by jesjes
    Bíonn sé air an deanach ar fad.

    Could you explain the grammer of this sentance 2 me please? it has bíonn, but 2 nouns. and ar fhad means late? is it equivical to ar anonn that i found in this dict?

    thanx:)


    p.s. sorry for the digression>.^


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    Suaimhneach
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    I'd better wait for someone who can explain the rules better than me. But the sentance did mean "it does be on very late". I don't even know if that is good grammer, but it's what I'd say...so. Good luck!


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    Inspector Gadget
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    "Ar fad" is a standard cliché (if you like) - in terms of sentence construction it's equivalent to saying "very", but used primarily to add emphasis or to mark the sentence as describing a superlative of some sort (in the same way that many English speakers of Irish descent would use "altogether" at the end of sentence).

    Very basic example:
    "An fhuar" = "very cold"
    "An fhuar ar fad" ~= "extremely cold"

    This superlative condition is sometimes further reemphasised by repetition ("ar fad ar fad", and so on)

    Does that help?
    Gadget


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