"I need a minute."

Translation: Teastaíonn nóiméad uaim.

[Julia164807]

Why can't I have 'ta nomeid uaim'?

[.JDB.]

Is é sin Gaeilge le haghaidh "I want a minute"

[OisinOK]

Would it not be "Teastaím"?

[galaxyrocker]

No. teastaigh means 'is wanted', so it conjugates to the English object (which is the Irish grammatical subject), with the person wanting being expressed by a prepositional phrase using ó