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    • #152
      Gumbi
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      P. Breathnach wrote: »
      Gumbi wrote: »
      In standard Irish, t doesn't get the d like that ( yeah, my terminology sucks! Haha). It's still used in Munster, though. Don't forget the fada on the o.
      I hadn't even thought about the rules, and I agree that the rules don't require the urú. But my idiosyncratic feel for the language makes me put it there.

      The missing fada was simply a lapse in attention.
      Is binn í Gaeilge na Mumhan :)


    • #153
      P. Breathnach
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      Gumbi wrote: »
      Is binn í Gaeilge na Mumhan :)
      Ní Gaolainn atá agam, ach Gaeilge.


    • #154
      Worztron
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      Is Oscailte the Irish for both open and opening?

      How would I pronounce these properly?
      Oscailte
      Oscailt (just means opening right?)

      e.g. open source - foinse oscailte

      Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



    • #155
      Krusader
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      Worztron wrote: »
      Is Oscailte the Irish for both open and opening?

      How would I pronounce these properly?
      Oscailte
      Oscailt (just means opening right?)

      e.g. open source - foinse oscailte

      Oscailte is an adjective, it means opened

      it is also the genitive of the noun oscailt


    • #156
      Worztron
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      Crosáidí wrote: »
      Oscailte is an adjective, it means opened

      it is also the genitive of the noun oscailt

      How should I pronounce these?
      Oscailte
      Oscailt

      Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    • #157
      Insect Overlord
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      Worztron wrote: »
      How should I pronounce these?
      Oscailte
      Oscailt

      Us-kill-teh
      Usk-ilt


    • #158
      Gumbi
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      Crosáidí wrote: »
      Oscailte is an adjective, it means opened

      it is also the genitive of the noun oscailt

      Also, the past participle of "open" right?


    • #159
      Worztron
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      Gumbi wrote: »
      Also, the past participle of "open" right?

      It also means 'Forthright'.

      Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



    • #160
      Insect Overlord
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      Worztron wrote: »
      It also means 'Forthright'.

      Does anybody even use that word in English any more? :confused:

      It could be argued that oscailte means "open" in the same sense as direct/to the point, but it'd be an old dictionary that would give you that definition.


    • #161
      InKonspikuou2
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      I've a Canadian friend that emailed me asking if I could help him with translating the following phrase/expression into gaeilge.

      "laughter cures the soul".

      Or for example, "laughter heals the soul", "laughter can heal the soul" etc. However close the translation can be in gaeilge. Thanks very much in advance.


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    • #162
      An gal gréine
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      Corraíonn an gáire an t-anam.


    • #163
      deise go deo
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      Whats the Irish for procrastinating?

      I have an exam tomorrow.


    • #164
      An gal gréine
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      Ag moilleadóireacht


    • #165
      Aimsigh
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      Can some one help me with this,

      I am looking for a translation for 'Where's the Irish?'

      I am stuck between 'Cá bhfuil an Gaeilge', and 'Cá bhfuil an Ghaeilge'





      *Really need to brush up on my grammar*


    • #166
      franc 91
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      an Ghaeilge (Gaeilge is feminine)


    • #167
      music888
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      Aimsigh wrote: »
      Can some one help me with this,

      I am looking for a translation for 'Where's the Irish?'

      I am stuck between 'Cá bhfuil an Gaeilge', and 'Cá bhfuil an Ghaeilge'





      *Really need to brush up on my grammar*

      It's the 2nd 1! 'Gaeilge' is feminine so when you put 'an' in front of it it takes a 'h'; an Ghaeilge.


    • #168
      Aimsigh
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      Go raibh maith agaibh Franc 91 agus Music888:)


    • #169
      Krusader
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      Aimsigh wrote: »
      Can some one help me with this,

      I am looking for a translation for 'Where's the Irish?'

      I am stuck between 'Cá bhfuil an Gaeilge', and 'Cá bhfuil an Ghaeilge'





      *Really need to brush up on my grammar*

      All languages are feminine except English (Béarla)


    • #170
      MaryKirwan
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      I'm compiling lists of vocabulary and organizing them according to topic. Is "vocabulary on"
      "foclóir faoi"?


    • #171
      Insect Overlord
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      I'd go with "foclóir i leith" and then put the next word in the Tuiseal Ginideach.
      Wait for other suggestions though. :)


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    • #172
      Enkidu
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      For eighty children we had earlier:
      Insect Overlord wrote: »
      "Ochtó páiste."
      You write/speak a dialect that still uses genitive plurals after multiples of ten, that's pretty cool. (or maybe the standard still does it).


    • #173
      MaryKirwan
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      cad is "tíosmhéid"? Nach bhfuil sé san fhoclóir. An comhthéacs: "leagtar síos sa siollabas an tíosmhéid teanga atá riachtanach chun go mbeidh..."


    • #174
      Insect Overlord
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      MaryKirwan wrote: »
      cad is "tíosmhéid"? Nach bhfuil sé san fhoclóir. An comhthéacs: "leagtar síos sa siollabas an tíosmhéid teanga atá riachtanach chun go mbeidh..."

      Scríobhfainn é mar "an t-íosmhéid". Minimum atá i gceist.


    • #175
      Worztron
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      How would I say "Please can I go to the toilet?" in Irish?

      Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



    • #176
      franc 91
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      An bhfuil cead agam dul amach go dti (with a fada on the 'i') an leithreas màs é do thoil é?
      or -
      An bhfuil cead agam ghabhàil chun an leithris, le do thoil? (Ulster)
      or - 'bhfuil cead 'am a ghabhàil amach? (Conamara)
      or - 'bhfuil cead 'am a ghabhàil chuig teach an asail?
      (suggestions)


    • #177
      franc 91
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      I just wanted to add (hoping that it won't be judged too off-topic, he says) that there's a little bilingual book written by Gabriel Fitzmaurice called 'Do Teachers go to the Toilet?/An dTéann Mùinteori go Tigh an Asail?' published by Mercier.ie if you like bilingual toilet humour.


    • #178
      _LilyRose_
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      Conas a deirim 'a perfect recipe for tragedy' as Gaeilge más é do thoil é? Tá 'measc foirfe do thragóid' scríofa síos agam, ach nílim cinnte- tá fhois agam go bhfuil sé mícheart!
      Brón orm do mo Ghaeilge...


    • #179
      Neewbie_noob
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      Worztron wrote: »
      What does this mean? Uibh Fhaili abú!

      G'wan Offaly or something like that.

      Uibh Fhaili = Offally

      abú = g'wan or something like that.

      You might get more accurate answers in teach na nGealt


    • #180
      Neewbie_noob
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      franc 91 wrote: »
      an Ghaeilge (Gaeilge is feminine)

      +1000

      someone give this lady /gent a medal :D
      Great to see a good command of "ár dteanga dhúchais".


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    • #181
      Feathers
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      I learned the word bainis for wedding yesterday & the first thing I could think of was bainisteoir :D

      Any link between these two, or just me thinking in English? (Know it's not 100% on topic, but didn't think it warranted a thread of its own.)


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