Irish Translation Forum

Méabh wrote:I'd tend to put the "gabh mo leithscéal" first
but the "is mór an trua" afterwards

Is there any rule, why you'd do so?

-Ben- wrote:An ailteor, do you mean Ná bac leis - meaning 'don't bother with it' i.e. 'don't worry about it'? I think that's what the phrase is.

The ná is the negative command 'don't'. Ní bac leis makes no sense to me. Maybe I'm worng though.

you're perfectly right Ben. Ná bac leis is what i meant. i've only ever heard it in Dublin but.
didn't get a chance to reply earlier, bhí mé ag obair.

mhwombat wrote:You can also say...

Níl mórán Gaeilge agam, is mór an trua í.
I don't have (speak) much Irish, more's the pity.

Now that I think about it, the phrase "more's the pity" doesn't make literal sense in English. I wonder if it comes from the Irish "is mór an trua í"?

You mean "more's the pity" is an actual English phrase? I've never heard it . . . perhaps it's a regional thing

David

wdsci wrote:You mean "more's the pity" is an actual English phrase? I've never heard it . . . perhaps it's a regional thing

It might be a Southern thang, like...

I feel like Death on a soda cracker (or death warmed over)
-or-
I'm as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

An bhfaca aon duine an cartoon le "Bás", agus an cáilín óg? Sin osréalach.

osréalach = surreal