Irish Translation Forum

Just another weird translation to help me with my grammar and composition,
"Now that I've seen your face light up"

What I've come up with:
Anois atá d'aghaigh ina lasadh feicthe agam.
nó...
Anois atá d'aghaigh ag lasadh feicthe agam.

Thanks for any help, it's more complex structures like this and making them idiomatic that are my main trouble now.

The problem is that you are coming up with English idioms and translating them directly into Irish, and this will, in most cases, not work.

Anois nuair a chonaic mé an aoibh lonrach a tháinig ort.....
Now that I saw the bright smile that came on you......

Cool cheers, I know about the whole idiomatic difficulty thing.
So when can I use the "Tá ... feicthe agam" phrase. I've seen it used in Newspapers and websites but am having trouble finding when to use it myself.

Gealún wrote:nuair a d'fhaca mé

seán beag wrote:Cool cheers, I know about the whole idiomatic difficulty thing.
So when can I use the "Tá ... feicthe agam" phrase. I've seen it used in Newspapers and websites but am having trouble finding when to use it myself.

The whole thing about that "tá ...feicthe agam" the so-called perfect tense in English is that it is used differently in Irish.

To translate English I saw and I have seen you would use the same tense in Irish:
Have you seen the film yet? - An bhfaca tú an scannán fós?
Did you see the film yesterday? - An bhfaca tú an scannán inné?

The "tá rud déanta agam" is used for something that has been completed in the present, (it's the same in French and German).
Tá an scannán feicthe agam inniu. - I have seen the film today.
Tá an obair déanta agam - I have done (finished) the work.

And the other construction with tar éis for something that has just happened.
Táim tar éis an scannán a fheiceáil - I have just seen the film.
Táim tar éis teacht ón bpictiúrlann - I have just come from the pictures.

I hope this helps, I'm sorry I'm not better at explaining this sort of thing.

Thanks I think I understand now. It's just I was reading in a newspaper somewhere something along the lines of "I have seen it done this way" using the "tá ... feicthe agam" composition. But I guess sometimes Béarlachas slip through everywhere.

But thanks ever so much for taking the time to explain that to me, it was really helpful

aintaineanfile wrote:

Gealún wrote:nuair a d'fhaca mé

Aintaine the comedian.

But it seems strange to me too. Is it dialectical Gealún?

iarfhlaith_aerach wrote:
Aintaine the comedian.

Muise! Ní fíormholadh é an féinmholadh, mar adúirt an t-áilteoir. Ach uaireanta is é an moladh amháin a gheofá.....'gus cé eile tá chun an fhile bhoicht a mholadh?