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 Post subject: 'Even' as Gaeilge
PostPosted: Sat 07 Apr 2012 2:36 pm 
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Táimid ag féachaint ar dvd anseo agus dúirt Goofy, 'Even a broken clock is right twice a day and this time I'm right.' :LOL:

I am wondering how to say this. I don't think there is a direct translation for 'even' so how could this be said?
'......bíonn an ceart ag clog briste dhá uair san lá agus an uair seo, tá an ceart agamsa.'
I cannot see how to do it. Cabhraigh liom le do thoil! :S

You know you've been studying Irish too long when an English speaking Goofy results in a post on ILF!

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 Post subject: Re: 'Even' as Gaeilge
PostPosted: Sat 07 Apr 2012 2:44 pm 
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Fiú = even (or fiú amháin)


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 Post subject: Re: 'Even' as Gaeilge
PostPosted: Sat 07 Apr 2012 2:48 pm 
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I think you would say something like "Cé go bhfuil an t-am ceart ag clog briste ach dhá uair an lae, ceart atá agam an t-am seo". I realize I make many mistakes but this is how i would say it at my conversation level.

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 Post subject: Re: 'Even' as Gaeilge
PostPosted: Sat 07 Apr 2012 2:50 pm 
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Scooby wrote:
Fiú = even (or fiú amháin)

So is it simply, 'fiú go mbíonn an ceart ag clog briste dhá uair san lá agus an uair seo, tá an ceart agamsa.'?

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 Post subject: Re: 'Even' as Gaeilge
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I guess you would use "féin" in this case:

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'Even a broken clock is right twice a day and this time I'm right.'


Bíonn an ceart ag clog bhriste féin dhá uair sa lá, agus an uair seo tá an ceart agam.
or:
Bíonn an t-am ceart ar chlog bhrise féin fá dhó sa lá, agus an uair seo tá an ceart agam.

Learners tend to use "fiú" every time you have "even" in English but I think native speakers often use "féin".
Even here = anseo féin
even like that = mar sin féin
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