"Mo chlann nó do chlann?"
Translation:My children or your children?
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I think Dublin schools use 'clann' to mean family, getting pupils/kids to use it when describing family size.
But I think this may likely be a mistake and 'clann' would be used specifically by the parent to describe the family, and not the child. When I learnt a little Irish in Galway (instead of Dublin), 'this seemed the way. It was more appropriate to use 'muintir' or 'teaghlach', to talk about family or your household.
I guess it makes sense when you consider 'the Children of Lir' - here, clann could mean children/clan/family, but most appropriately, it relates to family and specifically the offspring of parents.
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I'm nearly 100% sure that clann is family not children. But mabey in Connacht Irish is different than Munster Irish
Check out the dictionary definition of clann.
The English word "family" has a number of quite distinct meanings, and clann is the "he has a wife and family" meaning, where "family" means the children, not the "my family has lived here for 200 years" meaning, or the "nuclear family" meaning.
Munster and Connacht Irish agree on this - "my children" is mo chlann .
Clann is used when you are a mother or father talking about your family ie your children/partner and children. Teaghlach is used when you talk about your famiky you grew up in ie your parent(s) +/-sibling(s). Clann can be used instead of páistí in that wsy but páistí should be accepted as an answer.