How do I say...

Thèid a h-uile iarrtais eadar-theangachaidh air imrich a-bhos an-seo. Ma bhios thu seachd sgìth dhaibh, na rach ann an-seo.
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How do I say...

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Could someone please let me know how I would say:

'I will never forget'

Many thanks


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mcivor wrote:'I will never forget'
Cha dìochuimhnich mi a-chaoidh.
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Unread post by mcivor »

Thanks so much for that. I have a further question if that is ok.

I understand that Cha dìochuimhnich mi a-chaoidh means 'i will never forget him'......i think i understand that dìochuimhnich means forget and that chaoidh means never. Which part refers to the masculine subject? So how would I change the phrase to say just 'I will never forget'?

Thanks again!
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Unread post by faoileag »

No, it just means 'I will never forget'.

You may have seen

Cha dìochuimhnich mi e a-chaidh: the 'e' is 'him'.

There is also a variation 'chaoidh', meaning the same as 'a-chaoidh', and you also see it without the hyphen.
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faoileag wrote:Cha dìochuimhnich mi e a-chaidh
This is even as an example in Mark Colin's dictionary - I don't understand, however, why it isn't lenited to "cha dhìochuimhnich". Can anyone tell me?
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Unread post by An Gobaire »

It tends to be verbs beginning with the letter "f" that are lenited in the negative future tense.

Chan fhaigh mi a leithid a-chaoidh! for example.
Dèan buil cheart de na fhuair thu!
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Unread post by horogheallaidh »

also heard

cha diochuimhnich mi gu brath....

six and 2 3's - same difference etc :)
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Unread post by faoileag »

Traditionally, the future negative (Cha/chan) doesn't lenite the 'dts' group.

Think of 'cha' as 'chan', with the final 'n' blocking lenition of these consonants.

Cha dèan...
Cha tig...
Cha seas...

With f+noun, you get Chan fh..: chan fhàg...

BUT

as TAIC says, there is a tendency to lenite anything and everything now, so will find cha dh/sh/th).

http://www.taic.btinternet.co.uk/PDF/Lesson26.PDF

(near top of page 2)
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