Dáithí Mac Giolla. wrote:
I have a few more sentences I was wondering if anyone could have a look at point out the blindingly obvious mistakes ive no doubt made before

I realize the sentences probably get progressively worse as they are progressively get harder for me and its getting later with each attempt.
You learn by doing, so no worries about that, anyway let's start:
Quote:
ní raibhas riamh ar mo shuaimhneas ann. ( I was going for something similar to. I never felt at home there)
Raibhas => Rabhas (broad and slender rule in spelling)
Quote:
tá dúil mhór agam as áit mo chónaithe ( I was going for something similar to -I love where I live. )
Dúil would be closer to
desire.
áit mo chónaithe might be a little formal (anybody else think anything here?), something like
mo cheantar, or if it is where you're
grew up from
mo dhúthaigh.
Quote:
Tá Gaelainn ag na bhformhór na ndaoine. -Nearly Everyone can speak Irish here..
Fórmhór na ndaoine is a genitive construction
The majority of the people. Genitive constructions only
ever have one article, so this should be:
Tá Gaelainn ag formhór na ndaoineNote in Kerry, you would hear:
Tá Gaelainn aige formhór na ndaoineSince they pronounce
ag as
aige.
Also, just so you know,
ag na is pronounced
aigesna in Munster and it doesn't eclipse. Actually
preposition + the plural article doesn't eclipse, only
preposition + singular article eclipses.
Quote:
Ní bhíonn cuid de na t-aos óg ag caint Gaelainn go minic -some of the young people don't speak it much
So:
1.
Aos is singular, so it should take
an rather than
na as the article.
2.
de + an combine into
den3. The
t- prefix is not used after prepositions. Grammatically speaking it isn't used in the dative, only the nominative.
4. ag caint, being a verbal noun, cause the next noun to go into the genitive, literally "At the speaking of the Irish", hence
ag caint na Gaelainne.
Ní bhíonn cuid den aos óg ag caint na Gaelainne go minic.If I were actually saying this I'd say:
Bíonn cuid desna daoine óga..... There are some of the young people....and then finish off about how they don't speak Irish. Something like:
Bíonn cuid desna daoine óga agus is annamh a chífeá iad ag caint na Gaelainne.(Anybody else agree?)
Quote:
Tá Gaelainn briste ag an beagán an chuid t-aos óg eile -and a few have broken Irish
Gaelainn bhriste (Gaelainn is feminine so it lenites its adjectives.)
A few of the young people could be conveyed with
roinnt/cuid bheag den aos óg.
Beagán on its own can function
as
a few people.
Quote:
mar ní bhainid puinn úsáide as é le heagla go dearúd a dhéanamh orthu. An mó is trua é -because they don't use it much and are shy to speak it. .its a pity.
Since prepositions are inflected in Irish,
as will contain the
é:
asam = as + mé
asat = as + tú
as = as + é
aisti = as + í
Since Gaelainne is feminine, we are looking for
as + í = aisti.
Embarrased to speak it, might be conveyed by
Cuireann sé náire orthú í a labhairt.
I hope that helps!
(Anybody else feel free to correct.)