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Redwolf · **Posted:** Fri 11 Sep 2015 2:12 am

Bríd Mhór wrote:

galaxyrocker wrote:

When I was in the Gaeltacht, I was told airigh uaim as the way to say it. This was in Carraroe, but my teacher was from Spiddal. Bríd is better equipped to say definitively.

Basically, the sense of how to say 'I miss' is to say 'I feel from me'

Yes, "airigh" is used for both "listening" and "feeling".

Would you hear "Tá cumha orm i do dhiaidh" in your area or is that more an Ulster thing?

Redwolf

Dáithí Mac Giolla. · **Joined:** Sat 01 Jun 2013 8:46 pm **Posts:** 466

I live in the Gaeltacht in Munster and I frequently hear braithim

such as
"An mbraitheann sibh na cuairteoirí uaibh" in relation to miss or "Conas a braitheann tú" for feel

But then people might just use words or phrases they think I am more likely to understand, not being from the area

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 2985

Redwolf wrote:

Bríd Mhór wrote:

galaxyrocker wrote:

When I was in the Gaeltacht, I was told airigh uaim as the way to say it. This was in Carraroe, but my teacher was from Spiddal. Bríd is better equipped to say definitively.

Basically, the sense of how to say 'I miss' is to say 'I feel from me'

Yes, "airigh" is used for both "listening" and "feeling".

Would you hear "Tá cumha orm i do dhiaidh" in your area or is that more an Ulster thing?

Redwolf

Yes, I've heard that too.

But in reality the most popular way is - Missáilfaidh mé thú/é.
It's one of those English words we have taken and made our own.

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