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PostPosted: Sat 27 Oct 2012 6:16 pm 
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A friend requested a translation but I most definitely not comfortable with not asking here...so,
Conas a dearfá "Nothing can stop me now" as Gaeilge?
Tá mo chuid tomhais anseo:

"Nach stad mé anois"
"Níl ábalta stad mé anois"

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PostPosted: Sat 27 Oct 2012 9:11 pm 
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A friend requested a translation but I most definitely not comfortable with not asking here...so,
Conas a dearfá "Nothing can stop me now" as Gaeilge?
Tá mo chuid tomhais anseo:

"Nach stad mé anois"
"Níl ábalta stad mé anois"


Neither of those works quite the way you intended. Here's one way to say it, but someone else may come up with something more succinct:

Níl rud ar bith in ann mise a stad anois.
or:
Níl rud ar bith ábalta mise a stad anois.
Nothing can stop me [is able to stop me] now.

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PostPosted: Sun 28 Oct 2012 3:48 pm 
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Another suggestion -

Níl tada in ann mé stopadh anois.

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PostPosted: Sun 28 Oct 2012 4:37 pm 
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I'm liking this CaoimhínSF: Níl rud ar bith ábalta mise a stad anois.

It seems to make sense even to my limited literacy, questions:
it feels redundant in: Níl rud // ar bith isn't this like saying "no thing, not a one/any"
so that I read it as: "No thing / any thing is able / me to stop / now" and it does make sense to me I just want to know why.

This isn't a critique but rather I'm forcing this as learning point for myself. GRMA

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PostPosted: Sun 28 Oct 2012 8:31 pm 
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..using Bríd's suggestion, but if you wish to use the word 'stad':
Níl tada in ann mé a stad anois.

'stopadh' is a very commonly used word and
Níl tada in ann mé a stopadh anois
as suggested by Bríd has my vote also...

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PostPosted: Sun 28 Oct 2012 9:45 pm 
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Braoin wrote:
'stopadh' is a very commonly used word and
Níl tada in ann mé a stopadh anois
as suggested by Bríd has my vote also...

Níl tada in ann mé a stopadh anois has my vote too. :yes:

By the way, the a is silent and is left out in some literary works, but is usually written in Standard, I think. (If that isn't correct perhaps someone can explain?)

Seán wrote:
it feels redundant in: Níl rud // ar bith isn't this like saying "no thing, not a one/any"

Ar bith is an adjective meaning "any" and changes the strength from "there isn't a thing" to "there isn't any thing" => "there isn't anything" => "there is nothing".

If you added the adverb ar chor ar bith to the end of the sentence, it would be like saying "anything/nothing at all":

Níl tada/rud ar bith in ann mé a stopadh anois ar chor ar bith. "Nothing at all can stop me now." (This isn't the translation you are looking for, just an explanation of the grammar involved. ;) )

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PostPosted: Sun 28 Oct 2012 9:55 pm 
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Breandán wrote:
Braoin wrote:
'stopadh' is a very commonly used word and
Níl tada in ann mé a stopadh anois
as suggested by Bríd has my vote also...

Níl tada in ann mé a stopadh anois has my vote too. :yes:

By the way, the a is silent and is left out in some literary works, but is usually written in Standard, I think. (If that isn't correct perhaps someone can explain?)



Yes, the "a" is usually left out in speech.

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PostPosted: Sun 28 Oct 2012 11:11 pm 
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Breandán wrote:
Braoin wrote:
'stopadh' is a very commonly used word and
Níl tada in ann mé a stopadh anois
as suggested by Bríd has my vote also...

Níl tada in ann mé a stopadh anois has my vote too. :yes:

By the way, the a is silent and is left out in some literary works, but is usually written in Standard, I think. (If that isn't correct perhaps someone can explain?)

Seán wrote:
it feels redundant in: Níl rud // ar bith isn't this like saying "no thing, not a one/any"

Ar bith is an adjective meaning "any" and changes the strength from "there isn't a thing" to "there isn't any thing" => "there isn't anything" => "there is nothing".

If you added the adverb ar chor ar bith to the end of the sentence, it would be like saying "anything/nothing at all":

Níl tada/rud ar bith in ann mé a stopadh anois ar chor ar bith. "Nothing at all can stop me now." (This isn't the translation you are looking for, just an explanation of the grammar involved. ;) )


Awesome! You all rock. GRMA Breandán for the added explanation I really appreciate it.

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I'm probably asking too much but if I could get it in sean-clo (?) that's right, right? Script.

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Seán wrote:
I'm probably asking too much but if I could get it in sean-clo (?) that's right, right? Script.

In sean-chló:

Níl tada in ann mé a stopaḋ anois

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