Irish Gaelic

Geoffrey · Post by **Geoffrey** » 26 Aug 2003 09:23

I've seen in another message that Esenthiel gave a translation in Irish Gaelic, therefore this message is mainly addressed to him, but anyone, feel free to reply, if you know the answer ;-)

I remember having met an Irish girl from Cork, a few years ago, as a student, and she gave a few words in Irish Gaelic, just like 'Dia is Muire duit' (not sure about the spelling - litteraly 'May God and Holy Mary be with you') as meaning 'Hello'.

However, I just checked by chance yesterday, and according to Freelang, it is 'Conas ta tu', which, in my mind, means 'How are you'

Can you confirm (or correct) this ?

Thanks,
Geoffrey

Valvador · Post by **Valvador** » 26 Aug 2003 11:52

According to : [url]http:\\ww.summerlands.com\crossroads\irish\lesson2.html[/url] :

Dia's muire duit : hello

Conas tá tú ? : How are you.

Maybe Esenthiel can confirm this but I'm quite sure.

Latinus · Post by **Latinus** » 26 Aug 2003 12:32

Valvador wrote:According to : [url]http:\\ww.summerlands.com\crossroads\irish\lesson2.html[/url] :

Dia's muire duit : hello

Conas tá tú ? : How are you.

Maybe Esenthiel can confirm this but I'm quite sure.

In an URL, we use "/"

And on this forum... there's no need to add "url" "/"url" tags with an "http://" or "www. ..." expression...

=> http://www.summerlands.com/crossroads/i ... sson2.html
note: this url is incorrect.

Esenthiel · Post by **Esenthiel** » 29 Aug 2003 04:44

Valvador wrote:According to : [url]http:\\ww.summerlands.com\crossroads\irish\lesson2.html[/url] :

Dia's muire duit : hello

Conas tá tú ? : How are you.

Maybe Esenthiel can confirm this but I'm quite sure.

That's a precisely accurate translation.

Geoffrey · Post by **Geoffrey** » 29 Aug 2003 09:41

Thanks for the confirmations.

Then, it means that the 'Hello' page of Freelang.com gives a wrong translation. Beaumont, this one is for you :-)

Geoffrey

PS: Thanks to Laura, because of whom I checked ;-)

Esenthiel · Post by **Esenthiel** » 29 Aug 2003 18:26

Geoffrey wrote:Thanks for the confirmations.

Then, it means that the 'Hello' page of Freelang.com gives a wrong translation. Beaumont, this one is for you :-)

Geoffrey

PS: Thanks to Laura, because of whom I checked ;-)

If you think about it though, it can be used as a greeting I suppose. Kind of like when someone says "How's it going?" or "What's up?". I'm not sure on its usage.