Help! I've drawn a blank. I wanted to translate "Don't let it happen again". Straight-away Ná tarlódh sé arís popped into my mind. But then I began to doubt myself (maybe it should be Ná tarlaíodh...), to the point where I'm not even sure if it's the Modh Ordaitheach or the Modh Foshuiteach that I'm looking for!

Still, back to my original gut translation ... it doesn't look too wrong, I think???

Bfhearr liom-sa 'Ná tárlaíodh sé aríst'. Nó 'Ná tarlaíodh sé arís' má's fearr leat.

And this is where I just say something like, 'ná déan arís é'. Not helpful I know, but that will give you a little insight into my world where I find my way around things on a daily basis rather than figuring them out.....

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Ná tarlaíodh sé aríst would be the Conamara form, I think, as Seaghan says.

Brian Ó Cuirnáin has -aíod sé listed as for the impv 3sg in Iorras Aithneach. (The -dh ending devoices to a t /ṭ/ before the s pronouns, i.e., sé, sí, sibh, siad.)

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
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).

Cool! Do you happen to know if this happens for all the -dh verb endings?

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Affirmative. All of the broad -dh endings: imperative, conditional, past habitual.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
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 in Donegal too, but not in Munster where they have a broad ch sound in this case.

For Connemara I'm wondering if it's a t- sound everywhere: Bríd, to say "he would do that", would you pronounce "dhéanhach sé" or "dhéanhat sé" ?

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Or dhíonat sé?

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
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).

Ná tár_lach sé aríst. (pronunciation). I have no idea what tense it is or the spelling. But I imagine Breandán and Seaghan are correct on that.

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should be Ná tarladh sé aríst. And that shows that not whole Connemara pronounces -adh sé mar -at sé

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne