That's what I do. You're real suggestion lies in the word 'regular' and there you've got a point!

In fact I've been wondering why 'An bhfuil tú Gaeilge agat' doesn't make any sense, Lughaidh. I adress the reader of the note. (Just to be sure to understand the 'why'.)

Thanks a lot for your help, everybody. You're a very reliable backup and I will certainly ask more questions.
OK, and now back to work and at the end of the day:


Right away!

Because the subject of the sentence is Gaeilge, and the tú is already present in agat = ag + tú.

An bhfuil tú ...? is "are you ...?" and an bhfuil ... agat? is "do you have ...?", so it is like you are trying to say "Are you?" and "Do you have?" at the same time.

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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).

in other words, it means "Are you Irish-language at you?" or "do you have you Irish-language?"

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

Tá go maith mar sin!
Go raibh maith agat agus feicim mé thù ar ball.

Is it a good time to mention that we don't have the backwards fada thing going on in Irish? So it's thú. I'm sure the Scots Gaelic crowd may have a slightly more technical name for the symbol.

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Backwards accent? Backwards? Och, mon, it's a stràc trom as everyone in the Highlands and the Islands knows, now that there's no longer any need for the old-fashioned Irish stràc geur.

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

Interesting, I never heard that.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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trom = grave
geur = aigu

Bof! Ce n'est pas du "Frainciseachas"?

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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).

Ní Francachas atá ann, cuartaigh "stràc" (nó srac) anseo agus gheobhaidh tú iad (cibith, "trom=lourd", chan "grave"):

http://www.faclair.com/

ach bhí séimhiú de dhíth inar scríobh Caoimhín nó tá "stràc" baininscneach:

stràc throm
stràc gheur

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

Tá an téarma 'backwards fada' i bhfad níos éasca.....

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