Some new simple questions have arisen as I continue with Rosetta Stone.

Cén fáth nach bhfuilimid in ann dul chuig an trá amárach?
Tá sé scamallach inniu. Tá sé chun a bheith ag cur báistí amárach!

So my first question is what is with this "can" structure "in ann"? Are these homonyms or is it "in in it" like 'i + i + é'? How did that gain the meaning "can"?

Second, this "chun" / "chun a" isn't the future tense, right? I imagine it's like "going to", right? I think we had some future when we learned about time with "Fágfaidh mo thraein ag trí nóiméad is fiche chun a naoi r.n." and the like

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Can't answer the etymology question of the first bit, though others here will most likely be able to, but you're right on the second part. It's one of the many ways to use the verbal noun with other words. Here it talks about the "going to" structure in Irish, and other ways to form it.

These kinds of idiomatic phrases don't translate well, and if you try to translate literally you come up with gibberish like "in in it".
When I learned that phrase, I remembered it by thinking "I'm inside it" emphasising the idea of being an insider who can get things done.

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Haha I can't wait to be introduced to "ar tí" "ag dul ag" "ag brath" et al! I wonder what kind of difference in illustration Rosetta Stone could possibly use to elicit the one versus the other? bahaha



I think this gibberish nonsense stuff is awesome and part of what makes Irish so sexy
I just wish I were Irish then the so-sexiness would come more naturally hehe



I love it. thanks bro

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also yes I was just cool enough to create an avatar. If I can't be as cool as y'all and actually speak Irish I can at least make myself some swag

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I don't think it has much to do with "in it".
You can find other spellings as "i ndon" etc. but which actually doesn't make more sense, too.
Acc. to Wiktionary "ann" here is a "reduced form of inmhe". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_ann#Irish

I don't know the grammatical explanation.
But in Conamara when we say "ann" meaning "there" it sounds like ÁNN.
But "in ann" doesn't have the fada sound.
In Conamara we also say - fiche nóiméad gon naoi.

I can never explain these, or their etymology, as that is not how I speak it myself.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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fiche nóiméad don naoi.
It is actually "don" (do + an), pronounced "gon".

But why not writing "gon" since Connemara people say "gon" ?



you wouldn't use "fág" if you don't say what you leave. "To leave", when it means "to go away", is "imigh".
Imeoidh mo thraein...

(Donegal: Imeochaidh mo thraein ar thrí bhomaite is fiche go dtí a naoi ar maidin)

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