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PostPosted: Tue 26 Feb 2013 10:56 pm 
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Dear all,

Is the correct translation and sentance structure for,

That day is here and now.

Ta an lá sin anseo agus anois.

Also could I get a translation for;

Ca bhuile mo folainon coisbheart broga.

I think it is something like,

Where are my shoes?

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Feb 2013 11:58 pm 
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Col Ceathar Seosamh wrote:
Dear all,
Is the correct translation and sentance structure for,
That day is here and now.
Ta an lá sin anseo agus anois.
Also could I get a translation for;
Ca bhuile mo folainon coisbheart broga.
I think it is something like,
Where are my shoes?
GRMA
Seosamh


Tá an lá sin anseo agus anois is a correct literal translation of your English text [note that I've added an accent]. I would say that it sounds a bit odd in Irish, and I'm not sure that it would have the same impact as the English. Others may have suggestions for something which might sound more natural in Irish. One which occurs to me:
An lá sin, tá sé an lá inniu
That day, it is [today/this day].

As for the other sentence, coisbheart means "footwear" and bróga means "shoes", so I'm not clear why both were used, and you could have either of the following [note some added accents, and some spelling corrections due to the grammar involved]:
Cá bhfuil mo choisbheart?
Where is my footwear?
or
Cá bhfuil mo bhróga?
Where are my shoes?

I don't know what you meant with "folainon". The word folláin means "healthy". Perhaps you were trying for something like "health shoes"? In any case, the adjective should come after the noun. If you explain what you were going for, someone can help translate that correctly.

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PostPosted: Wed 27 Feb 2013 4:47 am 
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That day is here and now....tá an lá sin tagtha


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PostPosted: Wed 27 Feb 2013 5:38 pm 
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CaoimhínSF wrote:
Col Ceathar Seosamh wrote:
Dear all,
Is the correct translation and sentance structure for,
That day is here and now.
Ta an lá sin anseo agus anois.
Also could I get a translation for;
Ca bhuile mo folainon coisbheart broga.
I think it is something like,
Where are my shoes?
GRMA
Seosamh


Tá an lá sin anseo agus anois is a correct literal translation of your English text [note that I've added an accent]. I would say that it sounds a bit odd in Irish, and I'm not sure that it would have the same impact as the English. Others may have suggestions for something which might sound more natural in Irish. One which occurs to me:
An lá sin, tá sé an lá inniu
That day, it is [today/this day].

As for the other sentence, coisbheart means "footwear" and bróga means "shoes", so I'm not clear why both were used, and you could have either of the following [note some added accents, and some spelling corrections due to the grammar involved]:
Cá bhfuil mo choisbheart?
Where is my footwear?
or
Cá bhfuil mo bhróga?
Where are my shoes?

I don't know what you meant with "folainon". The word folláin means "healthy". Perhaps you were trying for something like "health shoes"? In any case, the adjective should come after the noun. If you explain what you were going for, someone can help translate that correctly.


Thanks for the explanation.
Both phrases were sent to me by an Irish friend from Belfast who, I beleive, had minimal Irish growing up.

Could the "folainon" word be taken as a profanity? That would fit in with his character!

If so, then he would most likely be saying, "Where are my "bleeping" shoes?"

Thanks

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PostPosted: Wed 27 Feb 2013 5:41 pm 
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Rossaí wrote:
That day is here and now....tá an lá sin tagtha


Rossaí,

Thanks for the translation.
Is tagtha pronounced tah-ha?

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PostPosted: Thu 28 Feb 2013 5:46 pm 
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"tag-a-ha" in Munster.


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actually more like "tog-a-ha"


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Rossaí wrote:
actually more like "tog-a-ha"

Isn't the g devoiced to k in Munster? (It is in other dialects, e.g., Conamara teagtha TACK-hee /takh:i/ or TACK-wee /tak:i/)

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PostPosted: Fri 01 Mar 2013 1:47 pm 
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Breandán wrote:
Rossaí wrote:
actually more like "tog-a-ha"

Isn't the g devoiced to k in Munster? (It is in other dialects, e.g., Conamara teagtha TACK-hee /takh:i/ or TACK-wee /tak:i/)

This would be be closer to how I say it. I can make a recording, what exactly is the process for that again? (to upload it to this site)


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