Fòram na Gàidhlig

Running joke amongst my mates. I would love to have the following phrase translated into Gaidhlig:

"That's what she said."

I have attempted my own t*ns below. Let me know if I am close, and correct me if I am wrong:

"Bha seo de i ag radh."

Cheers!
SJ

Nope, too literal, too English

Seo na thuirt i

Brilliant! Moran taing!!!

chanainnsa:

'Sin na thuirt i!'

rather than 'Seo na thuirt i' - 'this is what she said'

taing

Dè a' Bheurla:-

a) THAT is what she said
b) that IS what she said
c) that's WHAT she said
d) that's what SHE said
e) that's what she SAID

It is highly likely that each of the above would get tronsloted into Gaelic differently. The English hides any stress there might be.

Seo > Sin

Fair nuff.

a) THAT is what she said
b) that IS what she said
c) that's WHAT she said
d) that's what SHE said
e) that's what she SAID

a) 'S e sin na thuirt i
b) Sin na thuirt i gu dearbh
c) don't think that works in Gaelic
d) 'S e ise a thuirt sin
e) Sin na thubhairt i

There's more though:
*the i/ise works throughout for nuance

And then there's 's ann a thubhairt i sin. Normally rinn + VN also is an option though I've never seen *'s e ràdh sin a rinn i.

gobhardhubh wrote:I've never seen *'s e ràdh sin a rinn i.

- but have you ever HEARD it?

hathathat

Chan fhaca 's cha chuala

Seonaidh wrote:Dè a' Bheurla:-

a) THAT is what she said
b) that IS what she said
c) that's WHAT she said
d) that's what SHE said
e) that's what she SAID

It is highly likely that each of the above would get tronsloted into Gaelic differently. The English hides any stress there might be.

But 'that' is still 'sin' no matter where the stress is

Yes, I already agreed

Ay Horo (except when it's "siud"...) - it's not the individual tronslotions of individual words, but how they're stuck together. The same order in English - with nuance shown by stress etc - makes for many different ones in Gaelic (or, indeed, a lot of other languages).

but then I would only use 'siud' when talkng about the relative position of something too.

anyhoo glad we cleared sin one up!

sin one up??? sin aon suas...though I suspect that "fear" or "tè" or even "urra" would be rather more likely...

Chanainn-sa:

'S e sin a thuirt i