anybody speaking Irish/Gaelic here?

"Dia daoibh! Is í Éire a bheidh mar ábhar againn an tseachtain seo, ceann de na tíortha is áille ar domhan"

Approximate pronunciation: "jeeya deev! Ishee Aira an tawver a veh-ug-ing un choctin shu, kyown de na teer-ha iss awlya er dowan". Don't worry about trying to get it exactly, there's a lot of variety in Irish pronunciation!

Word for word translation? Bear in mind that Irish syntax is very different from other European languages - here goes:

Dia = God

daoibh = to you

Is = is

í = she

Éire = Ireland

a = which

bheidh = will be

mar = as

ábhar = subject/topic

againn = with us

an = the

tseachtain = week

seo = this

ceann = one

de = of

na = the (plural)

tíortha = countries

is áille = which is most beautiful

ar = on

domhan = world

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Pacito: hope you take these corrections kindly:

(1) "Dia is nhuire" - I assume you mean "Dia is Muire" - this is usually a response not a greeting.

(2) "an seachtain" - "seachtain" is feminine so it should be "an tseachtain".

(3) "thuithe" - as far as I am aware there is no word like this in Irish (except perhaps "tithe" = "houses")

(4) "is ailinn" - in all dialects, "beautiful" is "álainn" and "most beautiful" is "is áille"

As I said, this isn't to put you down! They aren't small mistakes though so I had to offer these corrections

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A Ghearóid,

<<Sa sean-litriú, an scríobhfainn "A Dhonnchaidh..." ?>>

Ar dtús scríobh mé abairt nó dhó a rá nach ndéanfaí é sin. Ní chuala féin riamh fuaimniú mar sin, agus shílfinn go bhfanfadh sé sa chaint fiú i ndiaidh don chaighdeán teacht i réim.

Ach rinne mé cuardach agus tá go leor samplaí dá leithéid sa tsean-litríocht. Tá "A Dhonnchaidh" ceart. Is dócha gur sampla é sin den dóigh a bhfuil athrú ag teacht ar an teanga faoi láthair agus ar na mallaibh.

Sin giota beag oideachais domsa! GRMA!

A Dhonncha, a chara

Aontaím leat go ndearna Pacito an-mhaith. B'fhéidir go raibh sé ag smaoineamh ar 'tuath' nuair a scríobh sé 'thuithe' ?

I agree with you that Pacito did very well. Perhaps he was thinking of 'tuath' when he wrote 'thuithe' ?

Ceist eile duit. Sa sean-litriú, an scríobhfainn "A Dhonnchaidh..." ?

Le gach dea-mhéin, - Gearóid

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Dia Dhuit ar mairdin Good Morning

Deeya hawit r margin.

That is about as far As I have learned so far with my Gaelic.

Hope it helps.

Dia is nhuire dhuit - good morning to you!

/Deea ish-vura deet/

An clár an seachtain seo 'sea Eire an thuithe is ailinn 'san domhain"

/An klaar an shocton sho sha eire an cheeche is alin san domen/

Hope this helps!!

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