Hi there,
could you please help me? What is the difference betweeen
mo anam cara and mo anam charaid?
Many thanks
Thorsten
Moderator:kevin
silmeth wrote:As for the original question about the difference – one could say the first, *mo anam cara, is bad Irish, as it uses Irish words; while the second, *mo anam charaid, is bad Scottish Gaelic, as it’s equally ungrammatical, but uses Scottish word for ‘friend’, ie. caraid.
silmeth wrote:m’anamchara could also mean ‘my confessor’ (the one who listens to my confession in a church).
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