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PostPosted: Thu 21 Dec 2023 7:48 pm 
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Ceanntuigheoireacht6 wrote:
Thank you. I just wanted to clarify that what I write in Irish shouldn’t be taken as gospel. I caught myself writing “ní chím” once- which is just no good, lol. At least I caught it. As for old words, I’m sure you’d already know the majority of what I refer to. PUL had them. While I’d say “cruach,” a young Gaeltacht speaker would probably say “carn féir.” There are better examples which I will edit in if I think of in time. Dar cnísc, dar so súd, all the interjections besides “ó” dont think they say stuff like that either. Just those words that describe the details; names of plants and birds dlnt seem commonly known. The same difficulties recently discussed that Gaeltachters have understanding their grandparents they would have them understanding my Irish. That’s all. Gonadh é mo sgéal-sa go nuige sin.

dar so súd should really be: dar so 's súd (by this and that) - the 's cannot be heard, but is there if you write it out.


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PostPosted: Thu 21 Dec 2023 7:49 pm 
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Dar mo phortús! (by my breviary = a prayer book with the daily offices for matins and vespers in it)


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PostPosted: Thu 21 Dec 2023 7:53 pm 
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I was told in the Gaeltacht that although modern words are not preferred there, if you're doing long translations they can be difficult to avoid. e.g. priority - tosaíocht. But the traditional variant is "an chloch is mó ar mo phaidrín", but if you're translating a long PDF for the local government with the word priority in it quite often, you can't constantly talk about the largest stone on your rosary.


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You would see that my Irish was absolute shite my first few messages on this forum due to lack of exposure while it has improved since. Lol I'd like to sincerely apologise for that as well as not understanding the internet. In my defense, I seem not to be good at language in general; a few weeks ago i said "I goed" in English.


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PostPosted: Sat 23 Dec 2023 4:08 pm 
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Ceanntuigheoireacht6 wrote:
You would see that my Irish was absolute shite my first few messages on this forum due to lack of exposure while it has improved since. Lol I'd like to sincerely apologise for that as well as not understanding the internet. In my defense, I seem not to be good at language in general; a few weeks ago i said "I goed" in English.

Of course, we're all glad someone with native knowledge, and particularly of Munster Irish, is on the forum. You add a lot to the forum. Keep going!


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PostPosted: Tue 26 Dec 2023 11:47 pm 
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Ceanntuigheoireacht6 wrote:
You would see that my Irish was absolute shite my first few messages on this forum due to lack of exposure while it has improved since. Lol I'd like to sincerely apologise for that as well as not understanding the internet. In my defense, I seem not to be good at language in general; a few weeks ago i said "I goed" in English.

Of course, we're all glad someone with native knowledge, and particularly of Munster Irish, is on the forum. You add a lot to the forum. Keep going!


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I would despair on my journey with Irish without this forum and those of ye actively commenting!


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