'Ar uairibh is féidir na huimhreacha pearsanta a úsáid le haghaidh rudaí nuair nach luaitear an ainmfhocail.'
'Sometimes the personal number is used for things, when the noun is not mentioned.'

Nior chuala mé é sin riamh. An bhfuil sé ceart?

Mar shampla ar an leathanach (tá an nasc thíos):
Ce mhéad ceann ann? Triúr
Cé mhéad mála bhi aici? Beirt
Ce mhéad milseán a d'ith sí? Seisear

http://homepage.eircom.net/~kuichinneid ... beirt.html

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Úsáidtear sin in Ultaibh ar a laghad, níl's agam an ndéantar in áiteacha eile é.

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I gConamara deirtear-

Ce mhéad ceann ann? trí cinn
Cé mhéad mála bhi aici? péire
Ce mhéad milseán a d'ith sí? sé cinn


Somepeople would frown on using "beirt" etc with animals. But I always do.

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Bríd, what about soft toys? They are like people to children - they have names and personalities (in our house anyway). I am never quite sure and tend to avoid counting them! And by the way, do you call soft toys 'breagáin boga' or do you have another name for them?

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breagáin boga - that sounds ok.
I don't hear it myself as it's a long time since I had them. And I don't know any kids. Anyhow my siblings (with the exception of one) raised their kids through English- I know pathetic.

That reminds me of when I was very young (maybe 4 or so) my Da bought me a Teddy. I was so terrified of it that he had to bring it back to the shop. That was probably the end of soft toys for me.

I think it would be ok to use personal numbers with soft toys. As Lughaidh said that is the norm in Donegal anyhow.

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I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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I think I learnt the word "deideighe" (plural deideigheannaí) to say "soft toy" in Donegal.
Can you use "bog" for something soft (like fur)? To me, "bog" is the contrary of "cruaidh" (hard).
I'd say "mín" for sthg soft like fur. I think we talked about that somewhere, didn't we?
It's funny how English isn't precise with such things, "soft" may mean completely different things.

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I'm not sure that the 'soft' in soft toys refers to just the fur - most of them are soft as in 'not hard' also. Maybe that blurs the lines a bit. I cannot remember where or when I first encountered the term 'bréadgáin boga', but it's well incorporated into our vocab here now.....

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Yeah, I'd say mín too.

Yes if it was just the hair/fur texture. But like Saoirse said they are soft all the way through. I think it's that softness that is meant in English too.

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Ok. But there are other toys that are "soft" but that aren't "mín", if you see what I mean
Btw if you say "bréagáin bhoga", have to lenite the b (bhoga).

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