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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 28/07/24 18:19, Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
      
   >> [Positive: I can now say "Tá penna m'aintín ar bhuró m'uncail", so   
   >> maybe I'm making progress.]   
   >   
   > Penna isn’t a word; did you mean peann? Next step; render « La plume   
   > de ma tante est près de la chaise de ma tante. »   
      
   Thanks for the correction. I'll try to memorise peann. I'm putting aside   
   your other challenge for a few months, but I did use Google Translate to   
   discover that "pres de" -> "in aice le", literally "in nearness with".   
      
   Recent discovery: I've noticed that Irish can use the preposition "ag"   
   (=at) to produce something that is close to the English present   
   continuous. "He is at walking."   
      
   On the wall above my desk is a table with the conjugations of five   
   common prepositions. I'm getting close to where I can add a couple more.   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW   
      
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