"Níl mé cróga ach tá mé macánta."

Translation: I am not brave but I am honest.

[Michleariel]

And everyone can see that.

[CassandraGreer]

I got 'i am not only brave I am honest.' I thought 'níl ... ach' meant 'not only' as well. Can someone give me some guidance?

[Knocksedan]

Níl ach can be a bit tricky, but it usually means "only", rather than "not only". But in this particular sentence, ach is a conjunction joining two separate phrases (Níl mé cróga and tá mé macánta) rather than being par of a nil ach phrase.

Níl ionam ach fear - "I am only a man"
Níl ach nócha agam - "I only have 90"
Níl an carr seo ach ceithre throigh ar fad - "This car is only 4 feet long"

[IdeMhicG]

I think not only would be ní amháin

[CassandraGreer]

I think I figured out my mistake. I projected a not in there where it wasn't supposed to be...

[IdeMhicG]

Not truthful?