Irish Translation Forum

oisin718 wrote:While I've never seen "seo" contracted like that, I'll take your word for it.

I still say that you need "do" here because she wants to be "his" star, she wants to be a star "for him" -> i mo réalta duit

well, you can say "his star" without having to say "a star for him"

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s'agamsa or s'agatsa into google

Doesn't adding 'sa' to the end of a word just give it stress. Agam, at me. Agamsa, at ME!!

Ok, I think that's the right one.

Lig dom bheith i mo réalt duit ar feadh oíche amhain
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Oisín,

This s'agamsa is a Northern expression.

People say, "our Thomas" Tomás s'againn i.e. the Thomas in our family. But the s' is used in many other ways too.

yep, my mom says that every day! And then she says, "Stop speaking in tongues!"

JSmith13 wrote:Doesn't adding 'sa' to the end of a word just give it stress. Agam, at me. Agamsa, at ME!!

yep
some people mite say

an cat s'agam

but its genreally better if you add the suffix.

That's all the bloody Scottish influence!

In Scotland, you wouldn't say "mo thaigh, mo chu, mo bhord, mo bhroig" but instead "an taigh agam, an cu agam, am bord agam, a' bhroig agam" and so forth.

oisin718 wrote:That's all the bloody Scottish influence!

In Scotland, you wouldn't say "mo thaigh, mo chu, mo bhord, mo bhroig" but instead "an taigh agam, an cu agam, am bord agam, a' bhroig agam" and so forth.

well, here you say an + seo + ag