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  • 22-07-2010 8:55pm
    #1
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    "My journey over the last 7 years has been an amazing one".

    Seems simple enough but I can't quite get it right.
    Aon smaointí?


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  • #2
    Krusader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Krusader


    bhí mo thuras ar feadh seacht mbliana ceann ionaidh

    hmm, the has been has me stumped do we need the aut. form here


  • #3
    Enkidu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭Enkidu


    The "has been" tense is called the perfect tense. Unfortunately Irish doesn't have a perfect tense.
    What would be a perfect tense sentence in English is expressed in Irish in different ways depending on the sentence.

    For example:
    Tá Máire san óstán seachtain anois.
    Literally: Mary is in the hotel a week now.
    Meaning: Mary has been in the hotel a week now.

    Usually it's best to avoid trying to translate "has been" directly and for sentences like the above, just use the past tense. So Crosáidí's translation works.


  • #4
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    dory wrote: »
    "My journey over the last 7 years has been an amazing one".

    Seems simple enough but I can't quite get it right.
    Aon smaointí?

    Ba thuras iontach é mo thuras-sa le seacht mbliana anuas.


  • #5
    Enkidu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭Enkidu


    Micilin Muc wrote: »
    Ba thuras iontach é mo thuras-sa le seacht mbliana anuas.
    Ah!, the copula. I should have said that.


  • #6
    onemorechance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    Tá tú go maith Micilín!


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  • #7
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    Go h-iontach! Go raibh míle!


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