The only way I have ever said 'I wonder' is 'n'fheadar' and I do a LOT of wondering about stuff!

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Sometime ago - (it was October, last year) I found a poster with a whole list of nathanna cainte on it - so just to get the ball rolling and as I didn't understand much of what was on the list, I posted it up here. This is where I found it -
http://www.siopagaeilge.ie/store-16a.htm - Póstaeir & Cluichí Boird page two - Nathanna Cainte
on the list is the Munterish N'fheadar ambaiste! which I seem to remember, means - I don't know indeed!

I'd say there is plenty of overlap between "I don't know" and "I wonder". After all, we usually only wonder about things we are not sure about, not things we already know.

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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).

And then there's all the wondering about things we thought we knew, but really didn't. As for the time spent wondering whether we know anything at all - it's a wonder that we know how to wonder at all.
But sure isn't life wonderful!

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'ó ghlúin go glúin' is another nice phrase. It means 'from generation to generation'.

I have heard that 'glúin' also meaning 'knee' is not merely a coincidence - the idea of a child sitting on a parent's knee being intergenerational. I don't know if that connection is true, but it makes sense.

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N' fheadair can be used for I wonder, it all depends on the tone of someone's voice. Ní mé is totally new for me



I am not sure, doubt it though. In the story of Adam of Eve did we come from God's knee??? I know there was something to do with making a person from a body part? I' m not sure- N' fheadair .

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

"Meastú" is very common in Conamara.

(I suppose it comes from the phrase "An measann tú?", but it is used as a standalone word to mean "I wonder".)

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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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I have heard that said before. It does make sense. But I don't know for sure if that is where the expression comes from.

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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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I believe God made Eve from Adam's rib.

Father Ted, is that you?

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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).