mimerim wrote:
Redwolf wrote:
Just a word on "a mhac/a mhic"...it kind of depends on what you are trying to say. Are you addressing your actual son, or are you addressing a man as a "buddy" or "pal"?
mimerim wrote:
A father addressing his son. So that's "a mhic." Ouch, that means I have an error in my first book.
I wouldn't worry about that. Redwolf is correct. But we sometimes don't use the genitive in Connemara. So you can think of both as correct in speech.
A few common ones around here:
The devil is prominent in curses in Irish.
Go dtachta an diabhal thú. - May the devil choke you.
Scread mhaidhne ort - may you have morning screams
Calar ort - may you get cholera (may sound a bit outdated now as nobody get cholera anymore in Ireland, but I remember my mother not liking people saying it
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