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Date Posted: 07:47:36 07/11/03 Fri
Author: Maidhc
Author Host/IP: 0-1pool68-109.nas43.philadelphia1.pa.us.da.qwest.net / 65.129.68.109
Subject: Re: Please Help......
In reply to: Oisín 's message, "Re: Please Help......" on 19:13:28 07/09/03 Wed

>The first one is the correct version, albeit with some
>minor errors:
>
>Ná cuir[igí] ceist[eanna] orm (or "ná bí[gí] ag cur
>ceisteanna orm"), agus ní inseoidh mé aon bhréag duit.
>
>The second version you suggested is not very suitable
>in this case... "Mura gcuirfidh tú ceist orm, ní
>inseoidh mé aon bhréag duit" would not mean "Ask me no
>questions and I'll tell you no lies", but rather "If
>you don't ask me any questions, I won't tell you any
>lies". This is, of course, also a correct sentence
>grammatically speaking (and in English, also
>semantically), but in Irish, the object in the second
>clause would have to be something desirable in this
>case. It would make more sense to say "Mura gcuirfidh
>tú ceisteanna, ní bhfaighidh tú aon fhréagairt" - If
>you don't ask any questions, you won't get any answers
>either. In other words, there is a slight suggestion
>that "you" SHOULD ask questions, because you do want
>answers. That same logic would be lost a little in
>Irish if you used lies instead of answers.
Dia dhuit, a hOisín,
Actually, I was taking it from the point of view that there might be some hidden darker secret and the second person is sidestepping the issue. "If you don't ask me about it, I won't have to lie to you about it."
Le meas,
Maidhc.

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