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Post April 04 2012, 16:27 PM
SjBrown
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Hello! I am inquiring about the translation for "tread lightly" I have found "éasca torann," is this correct? Thank you so much for your help!
 
Post April 04 2012, 17:37 PM
kenailan
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I think the irish idiom for that expression, having the same conotation is siúl go ciúin literally walk quietly.
Post April 04 2012, 23:58 PM
test
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kenailan wrote:I think the irish idiom for that expression, having the same conotation is siúl go ciúin literally walk quietly.


That is not correct. Try the new forum where most of the regular translators have moved to. Google: Irish Learners' Forum.
Post May 02 2012, 14:51 PM
fiairefeadha
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Siúil go bog tread softly
Post May 02 2012, 16:27 PM
Gealún
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Siúil go ciúin is correct for walk softly.
kenailan used the verbal noun in stead of the imperative.
Siúil go bog is good as well, although it was the phrase with ciúin that sprang first to my mind.
Post May 02 2012, 18:00 PM
Beagle
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Probably because siúil go cúin is the phrase used in the song Siúil á rún
Post May 03 2012, 14:35 PM
Gealún
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Beagle wrote:Probably because siúil go cúin is the phrase used in the song Siúil á rún


How in the name of the seven snotty orphans did you reach that conclusion? :o
Post May 03 2012, 17:22 PM
Beagle
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Are you an orphan?
Post May 03 2012, 17:35 PM
Gealún
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Aren't we all?
Post May 04 2012, 14:36 PM
Beagle
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I misread your ciúin as clúin and mistyped my word. The last line of the old song is ' Siúl go socair agus siúl go ciúin", not so far-fetched as you think. :lach:
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