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Date Posted: 19:07:04 12/21/02 Sat
Author: Pádraig
Author Host/IP: z2-74.grove.net / 205.244.12.224
Subject: Re: Please, please, please help me translate!!
In reply to: Julie 's message, "Please, please, please help me translate!!" on 23:34:29 12/20/02 Fri

>please help me translate "I am loved" into irish
>gaelic.


A Julie, A Chara,

I've been watching for several days now to see if anyone would answer your request. Let me say, first that I'm not sure, but since no one else has jumped on it, I'll take a stab. If I'm horrendously incorrect, perhaps someone will be prompted to jump on me, and we'll both learn something.

(1) "Tá grá agam" literally means "Love is at me." Something tells me this isn't quite right because "tá grá agam dhuit" which means love is at me for you suggests active rather than passive voice.

(2) "Gráitear" is the present autonomous Irish which corresponds to the English passive voice. It means "is loved" or "are loved" or "am loved" depending on the person, he, she, it, you. we. etc. My problem is that I don't know how to indicate the first person singular. Let's say:

"Gráitear mé" and wait for the 'authorities'; that is, the grammar police to come after us.

Béir bua agus beannacht,

Pádraig

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