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Idiomatic phrase.

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:05 am
by *Alasdair*
"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 :)

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:07 pm
by An Gobaire
Tha mi na bha mi riamh?

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:09 pm
by *Alasdair*
Tha sin ceart! :)

Tapadh leat!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:46 am
by Lughaidh
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.

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:12 am
by Níall Beag
Could it be:
"Tha mi mar a bha mi riamh"?

Lit: I am as I always was.