Go mba fada buan tú / thú

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 09 Jul 2013 11:10 am

'Go mba fada buan tú' nó 'Go mba fada buan thú'?

Táim ag smaoineamh canúintí difriúla atá i gceist agus ceapaim gur 'tú' an caighdeán. An bhfuil an ceart agam?

Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

In the standard I'd say it's "thú" in this case.
Isn't it "go mb'fhada" too :?:

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 09 Jul 2013 11:59 am

Lughaidh wrote:

In the standard I'd say it's "thú" in this case.
Isn't it "go mb'fhada" too :?:

I don't know; it's not a phrase I am properly acquainted with. It came from a woman with Conemara Irish whose spoken language is beautiful, but whose spelling it iffy - she says it herself!

Féabar · **Posted:** Tue 09 Jul 2013 12:10 pm

Cad is brí ar an dreach sin i mBearla?

Féabar

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 09 Jul 2013 3:08 pm

Féabar wrote:

Cad is brí ar an dreach sin i mBearla?

Féabar

Something like what Spock might say, "Live long and prosper"!

Séamus · **Joined:** Sun 25 Dec 2011 2:06 am **Posts:** 126

Saoirse wrote:

Féabar wrote:

Cad is brí ar an dreach sin i mBearla?

Féabar

Something like what Spock might say, "Live long and prosper"!

I've heard it used as a toast to the bride and groom as "go mb'fhada buan sibh" meaning "may you live long". ''tú" is probably standard and ''thú" more colloquial.
Another idiom with "buan" that comes to mind, is "más buan mo chuimhne" or "if memory serves me right"
Séamus

Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

Quote:

I've heard it used as a toast to the bride and groom as "go mb'fhada buan sibh" meaning "may you live long". ''tú" is probably standard and ''thú" more colloquial.

i'd say the opposite...

Gumbi · **Joined:** Tue 06 Sep 2011 8:09 pm **Posts:** 943

Lughaidh wrote:

Quote:

I've heard it used as a toast to the bride and groom as "go mb'fhada buan sibh" meaning "may you live long". ''tú" is probably standard and ''thú" more colloquial.

i'd say the opposite...

Well, it's a case of tú being the standard according to the caighdeán, but thú being almost universally preferred among speakers.

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 09 Jul 2013 8:06 pm

Lughaidh wrote:

Isn't it "go mb'fhada" too :?:

Any other opinions on this aspect of the phrase?

Errigal · **Joined:** Fri 09 Sep 2011 2:06 pm **Posts:** 716

Saoirse wrote:

Lughaidh wrote:

Isn't it "go mb'fhada" too :?:

Any other opinions on this aspect of the phrase?

Go mb'fhada an leagan ceart sa chás seo, ach más caighdeánista t(h)ú, gura fada ba cheart a bheith ann.

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