WotD: at long last

[muckefuck]

In honour of meeting bengt for the first time.

1. (letzt)endlich
2. uiteindelijk
3. por fin
4. a la fi
5. enfin
6. ym mhen yr hir a'r hwyr
7. faoi deireadh thiar thall
8. wreszcie, w końcu
9. 마침내
10. 終於 zhōngyú, 總算 zǒngsuàn

Comments

[bigjohnsf.livejournal.com]

(uit)eindelijk, je pense.

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

It might be a "barbarisme" but we say "Per fi" in Catalan, as well... Or if you want something more expressive "Ja era hora!"

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure, so I avoided it just in case!

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it in the "barbarismes" sites I know :)

[aindreas.livejournal.com]

Wow, the Welsh is nice and long.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Now the Irish is, too!

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

Irish: faoi dheireadh
long version to match the Welsh: faoi deireadh thiar thall

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

An bhfuil an leagan atá sa liosta thuas mícheart nó ach neamhghnách?

Agus an bhfacaís an iontráil seo? Cheapas go mb'fhéidir go mba sé greannmhar leat.

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

Mícheart anseo:

faoi dheireadh = finally
as a dheireadh = i ndeireadh na dála = when all is said and done

Léigh mé an iontráil sin tamall ó shin. Dála an scéil, ní deirtear "nó ach" ("nó ach neamhghnách", "nó ach Éireannach"). Is leor "nó".

Ar thug chaith tú súil ar mo bhlag lán-Ghaeilge le déanaí?
http://nimill.blogspot.com/

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Níor thugas ón seachtain seo caite!

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

Tá súil agam go bhfaca tú an "celtic interlace" a chuir mé ar an mblag inniu! Is ionadh liom, dála an scéil, nár fhág fear chomh cainteach leatsa nóta i do dhiaidh riamh. ;-)

[pne.livejournal.com]

I think "letztendlich" is rather different -- more like "at the end" or "when all has been said and done". As in, "Letztendlich läuft das auf dasselbe hinaus" (it all amounts to the same thing in the end) or "Letztendlich kannst du eh nichts dagegen tun" (You can't do anything against it anyway).

"Endlich" is fine.