Today I sent an e-mail with the line:
The context is that I disclosed something I thought the other person knew, but which apparently no one had spoken to them about. What I was trying to express was "I hope I haven't made a hash of things" or "I hope I haven't put my foot in it."

Does anyone have other equivalents they'd like to share? Apparently ciseach can replace praiseach in some dialects and there's a more elabourate version of the porridge idiom, namely Tá an phraiseach ar fu(i)d na mias (agam).

I think you meant to say Táim i ndóchas nach bhfuil sé ina phraiseach agam.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Thá súil agam nár dheineas (rinne mé) praiseach cheart d(h)e.

Thá súil agam ná fuil* prasieach déanta agam d(h)e.

Thá súil agam ná fuil sé ina phraiseach agam

ná is a Munster form of nách; it has its basis in Old Irish as nád.

I find the phasing of yours a bit odd?

For 'I hope' phrases, Tá súil agam is usually used (in Munster anyway). That said, the formula Táim i ndóchas is used to express 'I hope that' in Scottish Gaelic; it seems to be Béarlachas to me- although, I may be wrong on that, I'm coming at it from the view of Munster Irish.

i ndóchas tends to mean 'in the hope of' as in 'relying on'.

I think you've mixed up the order of the prepositions de and agam.

Cian

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

Táim i ndóchas and bheith ina phraiseach agam are both in FGB.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Go raibh maith agat as do chomhairle, a Chéin.

Is there a good summary somewhere of the various periphrastic expressions for want/hope/expect/intend/desire/etc.? I often feel bewildered trying to the select the one most appropriate to a given context.


Táid. An iomad muiníne a chuirim ann.