Oh, and it's public domain in the U.S. because it was published before 1923, and in most of the rest of the world because Ua Laoghaire has been dead for more than 80 years.

Finally started Caibideal a Dó!

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
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That's great!

Rest assured, it's as much "fun" as Caibideal a hAon.

Oh Lord....the chatter between the girls is already getting on my nerves! I want to tell them to hush, so I can get on with the story!

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

'na 'ghar 'ghá am' ad' 'neósaidh - I swear, all the contractions are going to give me an aneurysm! Anyone have a cheat sheet for the contractions (if that's even what they are!)?

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

'na is ina; 'ghá is á; am' is i mo; ad' is i do; 'neósaidh is inseoidh. I don't know what 'ghar is; what's the context?

Go raibh míle maith agat! The sentence is:

"A dhiamhaise, a Ghobnait, éist do bheul, agus ná bí 'ghár mbodhradh led' ghollánaibh agus led' adharcaibh."

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

I think that would be dár in the standard language. "Don't be bothering us."

I've got a quick question about this:

"Cad a dhéanfad?" arsa Séadna ina aigne féin. "Chífid na comharsain é."

Is "Chífid" a typo in the sentence?

I know that "Chífid é," means "They will see him", and "Chífidh na comharsain é," means "The neighbours will see him".

So, is "Chífid na comharsain é," also right or is it a typo?

That construction is archaic in modern times, but it used to be very common:

Amhlaoibh Ó Suilleabháin:

"Táid na héanlaith ina sgaitíbh"

instead of:

"Tá na......."

More common as well was using the foirm tháite and the foirm scartha together for "they will":

"Chífid siad na comarsain é "

Anybody that has read extracts from Seanchas Amhlaoibh Í Luinse will have seen the foirm tháite and the forim scartha together.

"táid siad in ann crot ga’h aon duine ‘s maith leó ortha féin" (Ó Duilearga, Séamus (1977) lch 291)

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