Dia daoibh!
First time posting here on ILF, but I was/still am a member of IGT
(though I didn't post much).
Is maith liom what I see thus far on this site!
Hope it takes off well!

I do have a question that I probably should be posting in another area, but
not sure, so here goes--
Céard é seo as Gaeilge: "It's good to see you."
Could you say: "Is maith liom a fheiceáil tú."
"Is maith liom a fheiceáil tú arís." - It's good to see you again.

Go raibh maith agaibh!

CheerioTexas

Fáilte isteach, a Cheerio (nó ‘a Chheerio’, b’fhéidir?!?)!


De ghnáth, deirtear “Deas thú a fheiceáil (arís)”.

When you’ve got an infinitive (‘to [verb]’) with an object (‘to see you’), then the object has to come before the verbal noun, and you put a between the object and the verbal noun itself.

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Not a native speaker.

Always wait for at least three people to agree on a translation, especially if it’s for something permanent.

My translations are usually GU (Ulster Irish), unless CO (Standard Orthography) is requested.

Welcome over, CheerioTexas. Tá áthas orm thú a fheiceáil anseo.


De Bhaldraithe simply has Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? for "Nice to see/meet you" (in both meanings I assume, i.e., first meeting and also later encounters.) I suspect that "deas thú a fheiceáil" is a fairly new "borrowing" from English.

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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).

Go raibh maith agaibh a Breandán agus a Kokoshneta for the feedbak--
So would the is maith liom construction not be correct, or not used in that'context?
How would one say something like "It's good to be home." or 'It's good to be back."'
or It's good to be in Ireland?"

Where in De Bhaldraithe did you find the reference to Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?

I think I'm going to post my question again, as I'd like more thoughts on it, in
the grammar and/or the translation section. Perhaps there are folks who don't read the Welcome posts who might be reading the others and have feedback.
I don't know if it's ok to post the same question in more than one spot; For future, let me know if it's not.

Again, thanks much.
CheerioTexas

Céard é seo as Gaeilge: "It's good to see you."
Could you use the "Is maith liom" construction:
"Is maith liom a fheiceáil tú."
"Is maith liom a fheiceáil tú arís." - It's good to see you again.

I posted this question within my welcome post, but didn't get many responses. (Though I much appreciate those I got!) I thought maybe it might get more here and also in translations section.

So, what are your thoughts on this one?

Also-- how would you say things like:
"It's good to be home."
"It's good to be in Ireland."
"It's good to be back."

Go raibh maith agaibh!
CheerioTexas

Dia duit, conas atá tú? - and you could say - Tá sé deas bualadh leat - It's a pleasure to meet you.
Franc

I've copied your welcome topic to Cúinne na bhFoghlaimeoirí - Learners' Corner and merged it with this new topic so you have kk's and my comments here as well and people can continue to add answers to the grammar question here and the other copy can stay in the Welcome section for people to say hello. Problem solved.

In answer to your questions, is maith liom is more like "I like" as in Is maith liom tae "I like tea".

(I've renamed the topic becuase I think it is really about how to say "It's good to ..." rather than about is maith liom. )

Under "meet", meaning 4, "Pleased to meet you Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?"


For an impersonal "it's good to ...", "it's nice to ...", etc., you could use is deas ... or is breá ... or tá sé go deas ... and possibly is maith ... (without liom) or tá sé go maith ....

Is deas bheith in Éirinn. "It's nice to be in Ireland."
Is deas bheith ar ais. "It's nice to be back."

"Home" is more of a difficult one. I'll leave that to others ...

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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).

I also learned Tá áthas orm bualadh leat for "'I'm glad to meet you."

Just as in English there are so many ways to express this, i.e., "It's nice to meet you", "It's good to meet you", "I'm pleased to meet you", "It's a pleasure to meet you.", etc., so there are many way to express it in Irish as well.

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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 "it's good to be home" is tá sé deas bheith sa bhaile

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

And Tá sé go deas bheith sa bhaile outside Ulster. (And sa mbaile in Connemara)

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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).