Look at the differences between 'mórán' and 'níos fearr' in written usage:
http://www.potafocal.com/Search.aspx?Te ... 1n&Lang=ga


http://www.potafocal.com/Search.aspx?Te ... ADos+fearr


Notice how 'mórán' appears more often next to copular and question words while 'níos fearr' occurs more associated with stative (i bhfad) or noun elements (todhchaí)

An bhfuil mórán ban ansin? Tá.

Ah, nach bhfuil mná níos fearr ná fir?!


I think it's good to bring up things you think are similar to help tease out the meaning

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Tosaim níos fearr é anois a thuiscaint? nó: Tosaim níos fearr é a thuiscaint anois?

Tá brón orm, ach d'fhág mé mo leabhair geailge sa bhaile inniu.

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I agree 100% with Jay Bee's first 2 points. The first one in particular poses huge problems for learners: in Irish, as Jay Bee pointed out, we don't put emphasis on 'mo' or 'do' or 'a' or 'ár' or 'bhur' - but it's creeping in due to the influence of English. I even hear it on TG4 - the GAA goal of the year competition for instance. I know that such pronunciation really grates on native speakers. Please use mo cheannsa, do cheannsa, a cheannsa etc with speech emphasis on the underlined word rather than on the possessive article.

As for Jay Bee's point number 3, I'm a bit uneasy about separating the é from the sin to be honest. But I'll leave that for other posters to comment on.

I'm logging out, but just to say that you are being too critical on yourself Luke, about leaving out the 'sé'. Basically 'sé' is the subject, 'é' is the object but the subject can be optional to include! I'll have to leave that for another day!

Slán go fóill!

The question was about go mór níos fearr vs mórán níos fearr.

As I understand it, the difference between these two is no more than the difference between "much better" and "a lot better" in English (i.e. practically none). I may be wrong though! (I speak practically no Irish.)

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Confusing "é" and "sé" is completely understandable.

sé is he
é is him.

This would be straightforward and dead easy if it wasn't for is, because it's always Is é, not Is sé.

Why? Cos it's back to front. Consider Old King Cole:
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he.
NB: not "was him", "was he". The order of the words has been changed for emphasis, but the relationship between the words has stayed the same. This change has died out in modern English and is only found in old songs, poems and religious materials (eg happy are those who are called to his supper rather than those who are called to his supper are happy).

On the other hand, Irish has effectively lost the "normal" ordering when using is, because it's a naturally emphatic word.

So I have to say Is Albanach mé ("Scottish am I"), because Is mé Albanach would be wrong.

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Here is 'fear' and 'fearr' recorded:
http://www.(inappropriate link - please contact Admin).com/nosfearr_2


tuigeann an fear é sin a'bhfad níos fearr anois

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I could say: Tá a fhios agam go bfhuil is liomsa é ach, Caithfidh tú a ghearradh rudaí?

I know it is yours but you have to share things?

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Is Albanach mé = a Scottish person I am. As far as I know? What I mean by that is that an Éireannach or Albanach is an Irish or Scottish person rather than Irish or Scottish. As far as I understand it you would not say doinne Albanach (Scottish person) You would just say Albanach. But I could be wrong here. Maybe someone could clear that up?

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How about?

Caithfidh tú do chuid bréagán a roinnt

Caithfidh tú é/í/iad a roinnt

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Tá a fhios agam, is leatsa é, ach caithfidh tú rudaí a roinnt le daoine.

Maybe gearradh is correct too, I just never heard it used that way and can't find any examples in the dictionary.

(Crossed with Jay Bee)

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