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December 01 2006, 18:12 PM

Go raibh maith agat a Aibi.

Can you give me a sentence related to this topic, for me to translate?

December 01 2006, 18:34 PM

Tá mo madra níos áille ná do madra.

My dog is lovelier than your dog?

December 01 2006, 19:55 PM

Careful - mo and do both cause lenition.

Other than that your sentence looks fine.

December 02 2006, 0:53 AM

Aibigéal wrote:
gaineamh vs. féar?
(sand vs. grass)

Is teo gaineamh ná féar.
Is that sand is hotter than grass?

December 02 2006, 1:02 AM

Aibigéal wrote:"Táim níos fearr ná thú."

"Good" is one of the (very few) irregular adjectives in Irish: the comparative doesn't look anything like the basic form.
maith - good
níos fearr - better
is fearr - best
(Fortunately it's also one of the most common, so you soon get used to it!)

I don't like being compared to other people too much though. How about cócaireacht (cooking) vs. ní na soithí (washing the dishes)?

Cócaireacht níos fearr ná ní na soithí.

Cooking is better than washing the dishes?

How about sneachta vs. baisteach (snow vs. rain) in honor of this lovely, snowy, let's all stop driving day(in Michigan).

December 02 2006, 12:34 PM

Tá an sneachta níos fearr ná baisteach.

Is brea liom an sneachta.

December 02 2006, 12:35 PM

springpaws wrote:
Aibigéal wrote:"Táim níos fearr ná thú."

"Good" is one of the (very few) irregular adjectives in Irish: the comparative doesn't look anything like the basic form.
maith - good
níos fearr - better
is fearr - best
(Fortunately it's also one of the most common, so you soon get used to it!)

I don't like being compared to other people too much though. How about cócaireacht (cooking) vs. ní na soithí (washing the dishes)?

Cócaireacht níos fearr ná ní na soithí.

Cooking is better than washing the dishes?

How about sneachta vs. baisteach (snow vs. rain) in honor of this lovely, snowy, let's all stop driving day(in Michigan).

I think you need a ''Tá'' there.

Tá corcaireacht níos fearr ná an soithi.

(Thats the way I say it, I am not too sure.)

Does anybody know?

December 02 2006, 12:39 PM

My other attempt.

Tá an sneachta níos fearr ná lá te.
(The snow is better than a hot day)

Can someone correct my attempt?

December 02 2006, 12:55 PM

My other attempt: Tá an Gaeilge teanga álainn. or Tá an teanga Gaeilge álainn

How is that?

December 02 2006, 13:18 PM

When you're equating two nouns (Gaeilge = teanga álainn), you have to use the copula.

Is teanga álainn [í] an Ghaeilge.

Alternatively, you could say:

Tá an Ghaeilge álainn.

... because you're not equating two nouns, you're just applying an adjective (álainn) to an noun (an Ghaeilge). That one word, "teanga", makes a big difference.

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