I'm always wary of expressions that I find which seem to come directly from English and that could be described as Béarlachas. What do you think of this one? Something's afoot (meaning that it's not good) - which I've found as Gaeilge - tá rud éigin ar cois. Do Irish-speakers really say this?

Personally I've never heard that expression before.

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Neither have I.

One of my biggest difficulties is knowing what is and isn't Béarlachas One of my many difficulties....

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GRMA go léir - tout le monde - (perhaps I should create a corner of dreaded Béarlachas that we can all steer clear off) it reminds me of the Latin we used to invent at school - Quid super nunc (ie what's up now) - is that the road I see rising before me? (and there are all the too literal translations from Irish to English, that also get in the way - níl clú agam!)

Our favorites back in parochial school were:

" Semper ubi sub ubi" - Always wear underwear and,

"Ascende tui" - up yours

One of my inventions i nGaeilge is:

Sin go fionnuar - That's really cool! (at least I think I made it up)

Cé a fhios aige? Who knows?

Sorry....just having a little craic.

If it is Béarlachas, it is not recent (besides "afoot" has pretty much gone out of use in English nowadays anyway. )

ar cois is in FGB, under cos sense 13

It (or ar chois) also appears in that sense in some Irish literary works:


Séamus 'ac Grianna appears to have used it extensively:


(Source: Tobar na Gaeidhilge)

So even if it _were_ Béarlachas and you did use it, you'd still be in good company.

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

And the favorite Latin phrase at my school: Ubi oh ubi est meus sububi - where oh where is my underwhere. Bad Latin, bad English.

GRMA

I hadn't realised that "afoot" had gone out use? It seems reasonable common around here. Certainly not disused.