Réamhfhocal game / preposition game required?

Saoirse · **Posted:** Sat 01 Sep 2012 10:56 pm

Scooby wrote:

79. Ní raibh a fhios ______ Eoin ar cheart ______ an bia a thaitin ______ a ithe nó ______ é a ithe.
80. Níl sé ______ mhisneach ______ a rá ______ go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ______ gcuid dualgas.

I hate to say this again, but I am struggling to figure out the intended meaning of either of these two full sentences.

79. Ní raibh a fhios ag Eoin ar cheart ______ an bia a thaitin ______ a ithe nó ______ é a ithe.
80. Ní sé ______ mhisneach ______ a rá ______ go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ina gcuid dualgas.

79. I get that Eoin didn't know something, but cannot piece the end together at all.
80. I understand that somebody neglected their duty, but I cannot figure out the courage part at the start.

Sorry! It's not exactly what you might call finishing in a blaze of glory..... :oops:

Scooby · **Joined:** Tue 06 Sep 2011 7:18 pm **Posts:** 576

Saoirse wrote:

Scooby wrote:

79. Ní raibh a fhios ______ Eoin ar cheart ______ an bia a thaitin ______ a ithe nó ______ é a ithe.
80. Níl sé ______ mhisneach ______ a rá ______ go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ______ gcuid dualgas.

I hate to say this again, but I am struggling to figure out the intended meaning of either of these two full sentences.

79. Ní raibh a fhios ag Eoin ar cheart ______ an bia a thaitin ______ a ithe nó ______ é a ithe.
80. Ní sé ______ mhisneach ______ a rá ______ go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ina gcuid dualgas.

79. I get that Eoin didn't know something, but cannot piece the end together at all.
80. I understand that somebody neglected their duty, but I cannot figure out the courage part at the start.

Sorry! It's not exactly what you might call finishing in a blaze of glory..... :oops:

It's not that easy to answer questions when the meaning of the questions themselves are not clear!
79 translates (loosely) as: Eoin didn't know if he should eat the food he liked or not eat it.
80: I (or anyone else for that matter!) don't have the courage to say to them that they neglected their duties.

That's assuming the correction to no.80 is Níl (Ní raibh might be better).

Saoirse · **Posted:** Sat 01 Sep 2012 11:31 pm

Scooby wrote:

Saoirse wrote:

Scooby wrote:

79. Ní raibh a fhios ______ Eoin ar cheart ______ an bia a thaitin ______ a ithe nó ______ é a ithe.
80. Níl sé ______ mhisneach ______ a rá ______ go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ______ gcuid dualgas.

I hate to say this again, but I am struggling to figure out the intended meaning of either of these two full sentences.

79. Ní raibh a fhios ag Eoin ar cheart ______ an bia a thaitin ______ a ithe nó ______ é a ithe.
80. Ní sé ______ mhisneach ______ a rá ______ go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ina gcuid dualgas.

79. I get that Eoin didn't know something, but cannot piece the end together at all.
80. I understand that somebody neglected their duty, but I cannot figure out the courage part at the start.

Sorry! It's not exactly what you might call finishing in a blaze of glory..... :oops:

It's not that easy to answer questions when the meaning of the questions themselves are not clear!
79 translates (loosely) as: Eoin didn't know if he should eat the food he liked or not eat it.
80: I (or anyone else for that matter!) don't have the courage to say to them that they neglected their duties.

That's assuming the correction to no.80 is Níl (Ní raibh might be better).

79. Ní raibh a fhios ag Eoin ar cheart dó an bia a thaitin leis a ithe nó gan é a ithe.
80. Ní raibh sé de mhisneach agam a rá dóibh go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ina gcuid dualgas.

Scooby · **Joined:** Tue 06 Sep 2011 7:18 pm **Posts:** 576

Not ...a rá dóibh...

Saoirse · **Posted:** Sat 01 Sep 2012 11:49 pm

Saoirse wrote:

80. Ní raibh sé de mhisneach agam a rá dóibh go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ina gcuid dualgas.

Scooby wrote:

Not ...a rá dóibh...

That is possibly the most inexcusable mistake I have made in the whole lot! :oops:

80. Ní raibh sé de mhisneach agam a rá leo go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ina gcuid dualgas.

Praying/begging smiley required

Aislingeach · **Posted:** Sun 02 Sep 2012 12:00 am

Saoirse wrote:

79. Ní raibh a fhios ag Eoin ar cheart dó an bia a thaitin leis a ithe nó gan é a ithe.
80. Ní raibh sé de mhisneach agam a rá dóibh go ndearna siad faillí (= neamart) ina gcuid dualgas.

You did it!!! All 80 of them!!! Comhghairdeas, a chara! :clap: