A little help needed translating Irish to English!

Fr33thinker

Sorry for the lame post but I'm trying to read an Irish Roddy Doyle book to get better at Irish and I'm having trouble. It's not as easy as looking up the meanings of words.

What does "Baineann sé le fir agus peil agus ólachán. Caithfidh go bhfuil sé fíor mar sin" mean ?

Baineann apparently means extract or cut. Ólachan I can't find. I know the last sentence's words but not what they mean together. They will spend that is true because of this? I have no idea how it translates.

Any help?

Salty

It's linked to men and football and drinking. It must be true so.

I think...:p

nitromaster

Google Translate sometimes comes in handy :P

Says it means:

"It's about men and football and drinking. It must be true so"

Or if baineann is extract then, "it's" = "the extract's"
olachan is definately to do with drink, hence the ol bit :P never seen that word used before tho! :pac:

Fr33thinker

nitromaster wrote: »

Google Translate sometimes comes in handy

I did not know of this Godly resource o.o

Thank you both!

Looks like Caithfidh can mean "must" then. It's a good phrase to have, anyway.

dambarude

Fr33thinker wrote: »

What does "Baineann sé le fir agus peil agus ólachán. Caithfidh go bhfuil sé fíor mar sin" mean ?

It means "It relates to men and football and drinking. It has to be true so."

TopOfTheRight

"It's to do with men, football and drinking - it must be true so!"

implausible

Fr33thinker wrote: »

Looks like Caithfidh can mean "must" then. It's a good phrase to have, anyway.

It's a great multi-tasker: Caithfidh sé = He/it has to be; he will wear/spend/throw/smoke