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cé as tú?

  • 17-07-2009 7:20pm
    #1
    theirishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭


    hey there guys
    I'm just wondering is this a mistake?
    Cé as tú
    but the other one says
    Cad as tú
    wouldn't that not mean what are you from?


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  • #2
    fionnmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭fionnmar


    doesnt make much sense to me
    I would say 'Carbh as tu?' for where are you from...
    ce as tu - literally would kinda mean who are you from, but never heard it used...


  • #3
    fionnmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭fionnmar


    and yeah, in the same sense, 'cad as tu' - what are you from, as you said..but, meh


  • #4
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    I have heard cé as tú before

    but cá bhfuil tú i do chonaí/carbh as tú are more common


  • #5
    Riordan123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭Riordan123


    theirishguy wrote: »
    hey there guys
    I'm just wondering is this a mistake?
    Cé as tú
    but the other one says
    Cad as tú
    wouldn't that not mean what are you from?

    Its - Cad as duit! It sounds wrong, but its not!! :D


  • #6
    theirishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭theirishguy


    its in a book i bought for my birthday "Turas Teanga"
    where are you from?
    cé as tú?
    cé as thú?
    cad as tú?
    cé as tusa?


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  • #7
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    I use Cad as duit.


  • #8
    seaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 382 ✭✭seaner


    they're all perfectly fine, but dialectal. I'm not sure which dialect uses which. I'd say "Cad as duit" when asking where's someone's from, as opposed to where do you live, which "Cá bhfuil tú i do chónaí" means.

    I spent a few weeks in Donegal last year in the Gaeltacht there on an Irish language course, and i was amazed and how different all the dialects can be. Actually i'm still learning words and phrases that i'd never heard before...but instead would have used another word, that means the same thing.

    Best thing is to learn them all, and hopefully if you hear someone use it, you'll remember what it means and be able to answer appropriately.


  • #9
    An gal gréine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    theirishguy wrote: »
    hey there guys
    I'm just wondering is this a mistake?
    Cé as tú
    but the other one says
    Cad as tú
    wouldn't that not mean what are you from?


    It's no mistake. That's the Connacht way of saying it.


  • #10
    Badhbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭Badhbh


    An gal gréine wrote: »
    It's no mistake. That's the Connacht way of saying it.

    yup!


  • #11
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    fionnmar wrote: »
    I would say 'Carbh as tu?' for where are you from.

    Carb as tú/duit = where are you from.
    Carbh as tú/duit = where were you from.


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  • #12
    theirishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭theirishguy


    could i say "cad as tú gach duine"


  • #13
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    If you're talking to a group of people, you'd say 'Cad as sibh, gach duine' or 'Cad as daoibh, gach duine'.


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