Idiomatic phrase.

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Idiomatic phrase.

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"I am what i always was."

I got this phrase out of a Gaelic grammar book (Gramar na Gaidhlig), which i wrote down but then binned :(

Can anyone help me with the phrase?

Tapadh leibh :)
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Tha mi na bha mi riamh?
Dèan buil cheart de na fhuair thu!
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Tha sin ceart! :)

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Chan eil mise cinnteach gum b' urrainn sin a ràdh, bhon a tha coma abairte coltach ri "tha mi fear" air. B'fheudar "is" a chleachdadh anashin, ar leam-sa. Mar sin, chanainn fhìn:

Is mi na bu mhi a-riamh

no rudeigin mar sin.
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Unread post by Níall Beag »

Could it be:
"Tha mi mar a bha mi riamh"?

Lit: I am as I always was.
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