Dear guys (and gals)
I learn irish at our university and we got this homework. We're supposed to describe our day with the present tense. Now my problem is, that I have no idea how to say "In the morning at 8 o' Clock I get up and do stuff" or so. As I can't remember learning it.
How do I use time words like "in the morning" or "after that" or "in the evening" and so on.
I don't know if this is the right thread to ask this questions.

Dears Rike

Sa mhaidin ag a hocht a chlog éiríonn mé agus déanann rudaí eile


This is with the habitual aspect (happens again and again during this general time). Like English, the specific now is usually handled thru the progressive (rising/ag éirigh)

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Thank you very much.



That doesn't sound right, but it is the best I could do. I have absolutly no idea how to use "later" or "afterwards" or some words to connect the different sentences to a text.

Sa mhaidin, ag a hocht a chlog, éirím, ithim bricfeasta agus i ndiaidh sin, cuirim mo chuid éadaí orm. Ansin, téim don ollscoil nó foghlaim ag baile. Tar éis lóin, léann mé leabhair nó buailim le mo chairde. Téim a chodladh ag meán oíche.

The style of it is a very time dependent, linear narrative. Not much need for fancy linking phrases, so i ndiaidh, tréis, ansin etc are fine here. What sort of links would you like to add?

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I don't know if policy has ever been set for this forum, but in the old place our policy regarding homework requests was that we would help the student puzzle it out, but we would not DO the work for the student. In other words, if we got a translation request that was either explicitly or apparently for homework, we would NOT offer a translation, but rather ask the student to post an attempt first, after which we would work with him or her to determine what might be wrong with the attempt.

If we do students' work for them, they're not learning.

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I don't know about "mo lá", which looks like a literal translation from English. What else could go there? I don't know. Lá dem shaol?

I don't like "sa mhaidin" either - which I have never seen. Or "ag a hocht" - I believe that some native speakers used "ag" - which appears to be a direct translation from English - but most used "ar". I don't like "buailim le mo cháirde" - as this refers in Irish to bumping into your friends (see meaning I3 under "meet" in de Bhaldraithe - "to go to meet someone" - dul i gcoinne etc - there is no suggestion that bualadh le is right for that).

or tar éis dom an lón do chaitheamh

I agree  but the OP said they hadn't much Irish


Patrick's is nicer. Ar maidin is more native, yes. Using 'ar' with time feels better is right.

I suppose that such framing elements like 'ar maidin' since they are liable to move are clear candidates to get 'Béarachas-ed' before the main syntax ever gets touched.

I've Caighdeán-ized a bit since this would be for school (please don't be angry!):

Éirím as an leaba ar a hocht a chlog ar maidin, ithim mo bhricfeasta agus i ndiaidh sin cuirim mo chuid éadaí orm. Ansin téim go dtí an ollscoil nó déanaim staidéar sa bhaile. Tar éis (dom) mo lóin a chaitheamh, léim leabhar nó téim ag triall ar mo cháirde. Téim a chodladh ar an meán oíche.

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I don't know a better way to say it. Especially for a beginner. We should try to keep it simple.


Me neither. But I didn't want to say anything in case it was a strange Liatrom dialect.
I don't know why is "sa tráthnóna" and "sa n-oíche" correct when "sa maidin" isn't.


I use "ag a hocht".

In Irish we usually put the verb first in a sentence, it keeps it simpler for learners too. So I suggest -
Éiríonn mé ag a hocht a chlog ar maidin.

Opps - corrected. AR MAIDIN - no H

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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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Well our mouths are put to such strange uses it's no wonder our speech would be strange!

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