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PostPosted: Wed 23 Jan 2013 11:37 am 
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Any help would be much appreciated on this, I'm trying to translate "I have secrets that I can't tell"

Would it be something like:
"Tá rúnaí agam a níl mé ábalta insint"?
"-níl mé in ann insint"?

That's probably far too simple, isn't it...
Thanks, guys!


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PostPosted: Wed 23 Jan 2013 12:55 pm 
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SeanBeag wrote:
Any help would be much appreciated on this, I'm trying to translate "I have secrets that I can't tell"

Would it be something like:
"Tá rúnaí agam a níl mé ábalta insint"?
"-níl mé in ann insint"?

That's probably far too simple, isn't it...
Thanks, guys!

Tá rúnaí agam "I have a secretary" (Half your luck, mate - I have to do all my own paperwork.) ;)

rún "a secret"
rúin "secrets"

To turn níl mé in ann into a modifier change níl to nach bhfuil.

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PostPosted: Wed 23 Jan 2013 6:22 pm 
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Tá rúin agam nach féidir liom a scaoileadh.

More 'divulge' than 'tell' - but rún a insint doesn't sound 100% to me???


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PostPosted: Wed 23 Jan 2013 6:43 pm 
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Scooby wrote:
rún a insint doesn't sound 100% to me???
I thought exactly the same thing, but wasn't sure what it should be.

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PostPosted: Thu 24 Jan 2013 12:29 am 
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Hahaha why did I write rúnaí!? Brilliant!
Thanks for the suggestions. On a similar note, how could I say "I can't tell", as in "I'm not allowed to tell" in answer to a question?

Cheers guys!


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PostPosted: Thu 24 Jan 2013 12:43 am 
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I just found the following on RosnaRun's official twitter if it changes anybody's opinion on my choice of "insint"?

"An bhfuil Al ag insint rúin faoi Dhara do Chaitríona?"


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