An Domhnach díomhaoin

[muckefuck]

D'éiríos go luath maidin Dé Domhnaigh. Do bhuaileas le mo stócach, mo dheartháir agus a bhean sa Chaife Meinl agus d'ólamair lán caife. D'ólas an iomarca mar is gnách. Bhí air monshu dul abhaile, ach leis an mbeirt eile acu go dtí a dtigh chun an foirgneamh nua a fheiceáil. Tá sé an-álainn. D'fhanas in éineacht leo ar feadh tamaill agus do bhíomair ag caint. Do chabhraíos leo na brioscaí a phúdráil le siúcra.

[buíochas le fainic_thu_fein as na ceartúcháin]

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[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

I'm after double-checking caife v. caifé and apparently the standard spelling is caife, so apologies there. But I swear everyone pronounces it with an E fada!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Since it's a proper name, a good case can be made for Caifé. I'm really finding it tough to walk the line between standard spelling and having to hold too many exception pronunciations in my head.

By the way, I'm looking for help with another phrase I'm translating. The announcement on the Chicago el trains used to be "Mind the doors, the doors are closing." I think one would render this "Seachain na doirse, tá na doirse ag druidim", but I'm doubtful about both the form of the imperative for public announcements (singular or plural?) and the syntax of druid. Should it be á ndruidim?

[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

Seachain na doirse, tá na doirse ag druidim

That's right. The singular imperative is used for public announcements, except for those announcements that tell you *not* to do something, in which case they use ná + present autonomous form of the verb. "Don't smoke" = Ná caitear (instead of ná caith(igí).

And again, for dialect continuity, you might prefer ag dúnadh to ag druidim (very Ulster!)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

This things need to come with labels! My dictionaries just seem to pretend that dialects don't exist.