Irish Translation Forum

What am I wearing?

Do you say Céard atá orm?/Cad atá orm?

I don't think you can say either Céard atá orm? / Cad atá orm? without a pronoun (é) before atá . Those would also be dialect forms.

Regardless, if you said it, it would be taken to mean - what's wrong with me (what is vexing me).

I think you are going to have to use "caitheam" in some way for "what am I wearing" eg cad é atá á chaitheamh agam? or cad é atá mé ag caitheamh?

Céard is Connachta Irish, cad is Munster...

cad é atá mé ag caitheamh?

mmm normally it's wrong, have to say "cad é atá mé a chaitheamh?".

Pwyll2 wrote:Céard is Connachta Irish, cad is Munster...

cad é atá mé ag caitheamh?

mmm normally it's wrong, have to say "cad é atá mé a chaitheamh?".

two questions :

numealinesimpetar wrote:

Pwyll2 wrote:Aye, but then Munster speakers would say "cad é" (broad d), not "caidé" as in Ulster

Déarfaimíd go deimhin!

1) is the pronoun not required before atá as on that other thread ?

2) does the "a chaitheamh" form not require that there was a pronoun that would ordinarily have gone after the verbal noun (but cannot since it would need to be in the genitive case); and in this case, there is no pronoun following, nor a need for one ?

ok, 3 questions : normally it's wrong -- well, is it or is it not or is there ambiguity ? or an occasion when it is not wrong ?

I think Céard atá á chaitheamh agam? would work. It follows the pattern in Buntús Cainte Céard atá á rá agat?


PS: Pwyll2 will argue you out of Conamara or Munster Irish into Ulster Irish every time - it is his favourite, his specialty, and his passion.

no argument yet ! or even an answer to the questions. what does that mean ?

What am I wearing:

Cad atá á chaitheamh agam?


What's the matter with me:

Cad atá orm?


Cén cóta atá orm?
What coat am I wearing?


Cad and Céard are generally interchangeable...

cad é atá orm?
would mean, to me anyway,
what's wrong with me?

i think you might be able to get away with saying
cad atá orm?
but it would still mean
what's wrong with me?

but that's munster irish

Caffler wrote:cad é atá orm?
would mean, to me anyway,
what's wrong with me?

i think you might be able to get away with saying
cad atá orm?
but it would still mean
what's wrong with me?

but that's munster irish

Cad é atá orm?
...no argument from me!!

"cad atá orm? "/ "Cad é atá orm?"

Like English or any other language phrases have different meaning in context.
If the teacher is asking "What have I on?" and she's referring to clothing while asking her class, then the meaning is obvious.