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WeeFalorieMan
 Post subject: dóibh féin?
PostPosted: Wed 16 Jan 2013 11:32 pm 
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Here's one last question about a sentence in the story with the goats and the fox.

Do bhí sí ag imeacht mar sin, agus na mionnáin ag fás suas go sona sláintiúil dóibh féin.

I'm thinking that this means: "She carried on like that, and the kids growing up happy (and) healthy."

Why is dóibh féin at the end of the sentence? I don't understand that part. :S
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Gumbi
 Post subject: Re: dóibh féin?
PostPosted: Wed 16 Jan 2013 11:37 pm 
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WeeFalorieMan wrote:
Here's one last question about a sentence in the story with the goats and the fox.

Do bhí sí ag imeacht mar sin, agus na mionnáin ag fás suas go sona sláintiúil dóibh féin.

I'm thinking that this means: "She carried on like that, and the kids growing up happy (and) healthy."

Why is dóibh féin at the end of the sentence? I don't understand that part. :S

Huh. Maybe "doing well for themselves" in Hiberno-English came from this!
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WeeFalorieMan
 Post subject: Re: dóibh féin?
PostPosted: Wed 16 Jan 2013 11:43 pm 
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That sounds like it's probably right. Thanks for the help, Gumbi!

If anybody else has got any other ideas, or can verify Gumbi's answer, please let me know.
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An Cionnfhaolach
 Post subject: Re: dóibh féin?
PostPosted: Thu 17 Jan 2013 7:35 pm 
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Gumbi wrote:
WeeFalorieMan wrote:
Here's one last question about a sentence in the story with the goats and the fox.

Do bhí sí ag imeacht mar sin, agus na mionnáin ag fás suas go sona sláintiúil dóibh féin.

I'm thinking that this means: "She carried on like that, and the kids growing up happy (and) healthy."

Why is dóibh féin at the end of the sentence? I don't understand that part. :S

Huh. Maybe "doing well for themselves" in Hiberno-English came from this!


I agree!

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WeeFalorieMan
 Post subject: Re: dóibh féin?
PostPosted: Thu 17 Jan 2013 10:37 pm 
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An Cionnfhaolach wrote:
I agree!

Thanks for that :D now it's official!
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