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Thread #46849 Message #2550812
Posted By: MartinRyan
28-Jan-09 - 05:25 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Thiocfadh Leat Fanacht (Manus Lunny)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thiocfadh Leat Fanacht (Manus Lunny)
I should keep away from this until we have a printed text ...
The opening line is almost certainly:
"Thiocfadh leat fanacht"
This is a conditional statement - not a question. The sense is "You could stay". The root is the verb structure "tar le". As GUEST suggests "Tig le" is a Donegal form of the present tense of the same structure "tagann le".
Regards