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PostPosted: Mon 19 Jan 2015 10:30 am 
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I'm sending a magazine to Scotland and I don't want to be damaged. On the corner of the envelope I've written 'Please do not bend,' but in Gàidhlig, would that be 'Na cam e' or 'Na crom e, mas e bhur toil e' ? or is that not the way to say it?
In Irish I'm assuming it would be 'Ná lúb é, le do thoil'


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 Post subject: Re: On a letter
PostPosted: Mon 19 Jan 2015 7:15 pm 
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franc 91 wrote:
I'm sending a magazine to Scotland and I don't want to be damaged. On the corner of the envelope I've written 'Please do not bend,' but in Gàidhlig, would that be 'Na cam e' or 'Na crom e, mas e bhur toil e' ? or is that not the way to say it?
In Irish I'm assuming it would be 'Ná lúb é, le do thoil'


The word lùb also works in Gaelic, so:
Na lùb e, mas e ur toil e
seems ok, although I've never actually seen it (note that it's ur, not bhur)

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 Post subject: Re: On a letter
PostPosted: Mon 19 Jan 2015 7:22 pm 
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Go raibh maith agat ;)

A second question, if I may - How would you say 'Printed Matter' (Ábhar Clóite) ?

Would it be 'Adhbar Liosairte' ?


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PostPosted: Tue 20 Jan 2015 2:21 am 
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"Adhbhar clò-bhuailte" ?

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 Post subject: Re: On a letter
PostPosted: Tue 20 Jan 2015 10:22 pm 
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Don't bother with the "mas e do thoil e" -- it's hardly ever used anyway.

I'm not sure if "adhbhar" is really used for physical matter much these days -- it's not something I've consciously encountered.

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