ext_21044 ([identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2007-12-03 11:48 pm (UTC)

d'ólamair, do bhíomair, air [livejournal.com profile] monshu

These are all dialect pronunciations. Dillon and Ó Cróinín consistently use the -air spelling with preterite plurals; they differentiate ar from air, but give the pronunciation [erʲ] for both.

d'ólamar a lán caifé

Wouldn't this be "we drank a lot of coffee"? I was trying to say "the lot of us drank coffee" (i.e. "we all drank coffee").

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