How would you say "Can I ask you a question?" in Irish

Rob G

Thanks for any help...

ITS_A_BADGER

god um its 4am i think, ya might get away with come here ya fecker can i ask ya a quick question? and put on a country accent sorted

Harry the Red

Ummmm ich... bin... baguette... sil vous plait?

Insect Overlord

"An féidir liom ceist a chur ort?"

"An freagróidh tú ceist dom?"

"Inis dom, (ceist)...?"

Harry the Red

OK, I'll be serious, gathering from a bit of my own logic and google translate, I think it's something like "An féidir liom iarraidh ceist agat?" or "Ar féidir liom iarraidh ceist agat?".

I hate Irish...

Harry the Red

sorry for third post XD
I've figured out it IS "an" NOT "ar"

Gael

Harry the Red wrote: »

I hate Irish...

How original.

First of all, it's a question of permission, not ability, i.e. may I ask you a question.

"An bhfuil cead agam ceist a chur ort?"

pog it

If you don't want to say 'can I' you could just say 'Ceist agam ort' - 'Question for you'.

mr chips

"An dtig liom ceist a chur ort?"

deirdremf

Rob G wrote: »

Thanks for any help...

Insect Overlord wrote: »

"An féidir liom ceist a chur ort?"

"An freagróidh tú ceist dom?"

"Inis dom, (ceist)...?"

pog it wrote: »

If you don't want to say 'can I' you could just say 'Ceist agam ort' - 'Question for you'.

mr chips wrote: »

"An dtig liom ceist a chur ort?"

The ones in black type seem good to me.
And if you want to be a little more formal or polite, you could try

"Ar mhiste leat má chuireann mé ceist ort?"
or
"Ar mhiste leat ceist a fhreagairt dom?"

Insect Overlord

deirdremf wrote: »

"Ar mhiste leat ceist a fhreagairt dom?"

I was just thinking of posting that one too. Great minds!

Harry the Red

Gael wrote: »

How original.

First of all, it's a question of permission, not ability, i.e. may I ask you a question.

"An bhfuil cead agam ceist a chur ort?"

"How original"? Seriously? I might say that to someone who says "Justin Bieber's music sucks" but not "I hate Irish". I've argued with many people who DO support continuing to teach Irish even though it's still slowly dying anyway. By the way, do you support the mandatory teaching or Irish?

SuperSean11

Harry the Red wrote: »

Gael wrote: »

How original.

First of all, it's a question of permission, not ability, i.e. may I ask you a question.

"An bhfuil cead agam ceist a chur ort?"

"How original"? Seriously? I might say that to someone who says "Justin Bieber's music sucks" but not "I hate Irish". I've argued with many people who DO support continuing to teach Irish even though it's still slowly dying anyway. By the way, do you support the mandatory teaching or Irish?

Well you did say that you hate Irish in the Irish forum ???

Insect Overlord

*grabs popcorn*

mr chips

Ah go easy on him folks. It's obviously a hot topic for him right now and they do have a tendency to act out at that stage. It was Commerce that I hated most of all.

But honestly Harry, once you have the exams you'll be set for life. The world is your oyster, you just don't realise it yet. And the spots will clear up eventually.

brianeanna

Lord save us, but could ye be a little less sensitive?

Harry's clearly only expressing annoyance at the complexities of Irish grammar, rather than making a philosophical statement about the language.

He was originally trying to help, you know!

B

Insect Overlord

brianeanna wrote: »

Lord save us, but could ye be a little less sensitive?

Harry's clearly only expressing annoyance at the complexities of Irish grammar, rather than making a philosophical statement about the language.

He was originally trying to help, you know!

B

Pile o'rubbish. Did you read Harry's second offering in this thread?

Harry the Red wrote: »

"How original"? Seriously? I might say that to someone who says "Justin Bieber's music sucks" but not "I hate Irish". I've argued with many people who DO support continuing to teach Irish even though it's still slowly dying anyway. By the way, do you support the mandatory teaching or Irish?

He's about as helpful here as an umbrella made of tissue paper.