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grammer help!!!

  • 08-05-2009 11:30AM
    #1
    theirishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭


    i just got a irish learning book book called "Irish for beginners" an i am listening to the cd but i am stuck !!! he said "is bláth e seo comh maith" then he said it means thats also a flower but dont seo = this and sin = that
    should it not be" is bláth e sin comh maith"


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  • #2
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Think of it like this.

    Your man is holding up his fower in front of a group, and saying "this is a flower"

    Is blath é seo

    Then he is out walking with his madra and he points to a flower growing nearby and says to the dog "is blah e sin" That is a flower.

    does that make sense?;)


  • #3
    pog it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭pog it


    Irishguy- could you write your question a little more clearly next time so that it's easier to read?!


  • #4
    theirishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭theirishguy


    pog it wrote: »
    Irishguy- could you write your question a little more clearly next time so that it's easier to read?!
    what i am asking is which one is right?
    ps i am a boy !!!! XD


  • #5
    Beer Werewolf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭Beer Werewolf


    pog it wrote: »
    Irishguy- could you write your question a little more clearly next time so that it's easier to read?!

    Took me a few minutes to decipher it. :)

    I think he means 'Doesn't 'seo' mean 'this' and 'sin' mean 'that' and wants to know why the CD has translated 'seo' in the sentence as 'that' instead of 'this'.

    I've only just started learning Irish so while I understand what FlutterinBantam is saying, I can't offer any help. The grammar confuses me too! Then again I guess we all had to learn English grammar.


  • #6
    arse..biscuits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭arse..biscuits


    seo = this
    sin = that

    So yes OP, you are correct


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  • #7
    theirishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭theirishguy


    Beer Werewolf wrote: »
    Took me a few minutes to decipher it. :)

    I think he means 'Doesn't 'seo' mean 'this' and 'sin' mean 'that' and wants to know why the CD has translated 'seo' in the sentence as 'that' instead of 'this'.

    I've only just started learning Irish so while I understand what FlutterinBantam is saying, I can't offer any help. The grammar confuses me too! Then again I guess we all had to learn English grammar.
    spot on
    on the cd he said in irish "is bláth e seo comh maith" then he said that in english that means "thats also a flower"
    "is bláth e seo comh maith" = "thats also a flower"
    should it not be "is bláth e sin comh maith"???


  • #8
    pog it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭pog it


    yep you're right irishguy.. must have been just a mistake on the cd maybe?


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