"I have it eaten"

Saoirse · **Posted:** Thu 28 Feb 2013 10:15 pm

AnBraonach wrote:

Saoirse wrote:

Lughaidh wrote:

Dála an sgéil, tá mé 'mo chomhnaidhe sa Fhrainnc ó rugadh mé (ach bliadhain amháin) agus char ith mise seilide ar bith ariamh (ná sliasta frog ach an oiread!)

Tar anseo go hÉireann. Apparently we are eating horses by the stable load here these days. :dog:

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Rossaí · **Joined:** Sat 01 Oct 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 231

Saoirse wrote:

Tá sé ite agam = I have it eaten / I have eaten it.

My question is really about the English. Is it only in Ireland that we would say, 'I have it eaten." Do English speakers elsewhere use that word order? Am I imagining a connection to the Irish that isn't there?

I think this is such a provocative question. I understand both language usages perfectly. They mean something incredibly similar, however they are different. It is cultural and beyond language.

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 3001

Saoirse wrote:

Tá sé ite agam = I have it eaten / I have eaten it.

My question is really about the English. Is it only in Ireland that we would say, 'I have it eaten." Do English speakers elsewhere use that word order? Am I imagining a connection to the Irish that isn't there?

I think "I have it eaten" is Hiberno-English, coming directly from the Irish. And like Rossaí said there's nothing wrong with that.

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