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I need help with saying something.

"You may keep her,"

can someone help me with this, please? I'd appreciate it, imensely.

-Iss

thu urrainn cumail i

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IllegalStopSign wrote: "You may keep her,"

'S urrainn dhut ise a chumail.

Chanainn-sa:

Faodaidh tu ga cumail

dh'fhaodadh tu ga cumail

s'urrainn = "can" chan e "may"

slainte!

chan eil g ann

tha mi ga cumail
's urrainn dhomh a cumail

sin thu fhein neoni - dh'fhaodadh tu a cumail!
tapadh leat!

Obh obh, 's e "you could keep her" a' Bheurla air "Dh'fhaodadh"!

Bhithinnse a' dol còmhla ri neoni le 'a cumail' agus còmhla ri Stìophan le 'faodaidh':

faodhaidh tu a cumail.

That's if simple permission is meant (may=are allowed to), rather than potential or possibility (may=might/could) or obligation/need (ought/have to)

'Dh'fhaodadh tu a cumail' would be to me, 'You may well keep her', or 'You might keep her', or 'You could keep her', or even 'you ought to keep her'.

The conditional tense does actually usually imply a condition, a spoken or unspoken 'if', or 'it depends', or 'otherwise'.

This is also seen in the construction: Dh'fhaodadh gu.. = maybe, it's possible that..

That's how I would see it, co-dhiù.
Nit-picking mar as àbhaist!

i'm sticking with thu urrainn cumail i

"i'm sticking with thu urrainn cumail i"

Bi ònarach, Tha gach facal air a eadar-theangachadh bho bheurla, tha fhios agad gu bheil sin ceàrr. An ann 's gu bheil ag iarraidh 's gun cuir i rudeigin a tha ceàrr air a tòine?

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Có-dhiubh... tha mise den bheachd gur e rud beag dissmissiv* a th' ann an abairt sin -- chan eil mi ga iarraidh, mar gum biodh. Am bitheadh an eadar-theangachadh cho sargàstaig*?

*Facail fior neo-Gaidhealach

neoni wrote:'s ann

Uill, ma-tha, seo an doigh as litreachail: bu docha gun cum thu i. Nach e?