I don't understand this.

Errigal · **Joined:** Fri 09 Sep 2011 2:06 pm **Posts:** 716

franc 91 wrote:

Ah you're right ! agus fé dheire do bheartuigh an bhainríoghan - ....(does that make more sense ?)

In ainm Dé! beartaigh - plan, decide, determine. In modern Irish and CO: agus faoi dheireadh bheartaigh an banríon -'and at last the queen decided/determined...'

Tua maxima culpa.

franc 91 · **Posted:** Wed 25 Nov 2015 8:38 pm

Ormsa atá an locht, táim buartha faoi sin. :facepalm:

franc 91 · **Posted:** Wed 25 Nov 2015 11:01 pm

It's not - go mamhrach - it's - go niamhrach. (It's printed in sean-chló)

Errigal · **Joined:** Fri 09 Sep 2011 2:06 pm **Posts:** 716

C'est de mieux en mieux... :mrgreen:

franc 91 · **Posted:** Tue 01 Dec 2015 10:27 am

Here's another sentence I'm having problems with.

Ach ná ceap gur ina riocht féin a tháinig sí, mar níorbh' eadh in aon chor.

But ...that she retook her own shape, as it wasn't...... in any way. ?

Is ná - nach ? Why is there an apostrophe after níorbh and I'm guessing that eadh is ea, but I don't quite understand how it's being used here. Ceap also means shape or to shape.

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 3001

franc 91 wrote:

Here's another sentence I'm having problems with.

Ach ná ceap gur ina riocht féin a tháinig sí, mar níorbh' eadh in aon chor.

But ...that she retook her own shape, as it wasn't...... in any way. ?

Is ná - nach ? Why is there an apostrophe after níorbh and I'm guessing that eadh is ea, but I don't quite understand how it's being used here. Ceap also means shape or to shape.

Ceap - in this context means to "think/suppose".
Eadh - ea
apostrophe - I don't know

But don't think she came in her own shape/form, because it wasn't at all.

Labhrás · **Joined:** Sat 03 May 2014 4:01 pm **Posts:** 1980

franc 91 wrote:

Here's another sentence I'm having problems with.

Ach ná ceap gur ina riocht féin a tháinig sí, mar níorbh' eadh in aon chor.

But ...that she retook her own shape, as it wasn't...... in any way. ?

Is ná - nach ? Why is there an apostrophe after níorbh and I'm guessing that eadh is ea, but I don't quite understand how it's being used here. Ceap also means shape or to shape.

Ach ná ceap ... = But don't think ... it's an imperative. (you should not think that ...)
níorbh' with apostroph is old spelling because it is actually "níor bha"
eadh = ea (old spelling again)
O'Dónall:

Quote:

Tháinig sé ina riocht féin arís, he regained his former appearance, became his old self again.

I'd translate:
But don't think she regained her former appearance, as it wasn't so at all.

Jay Bee · **Joined:** Tue 15 Nov 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 1098

Is 'ceap' not 'to think'?

franc 91 · **Posted:** Tue 01 Dec 2015 2:45 pm

Go raibh maith agaibh

franc 91 · **Posted:** Fri 04 Dec 2015 6:30 pm

I can understand this sentence but I'm not sure about the end of it - I'm guessing it means something like - altogether, but what is - 'ná - as used here ?

Is mó cuma agus crot a chuir sí dí an oidhche sin agus bhí gach cuma díobh ní ba ghranna is ní ba mhalluighthe (=mhallaithe) 'ná a chéile.

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