Dhá cheist agam, le bhur dtoil.

An Cionnfhaolach · **Joined:** Fri 09 Mar 2012 6:16 pm **Posts:** 1527

WeeFalorieMan wrote:

By the way, I think it's "Dhá cheist agam, le bhur dtoil".

yep well spotted, just a typo I suspect

if not:

ceist amháin agam
dhá cheist agam
trí cheist agam
ceithre cheist agam
cúig cheist agam
sé cheist agam
seacht gceist agam
ocht gceist agam
naoi gceist agam
deich gceist agam

except :LOL:

exceptions, Always exceptions :LOL:

for Kerry where they put an úrú on everything!

Aislingeach · **Posted:** Sun 26 Aug 2012 6:53 pm

Wow!

Go raibh maith agaibh!

Yes the "ceist" was just careless typing in my part. I know it's dhá cheist.

I looked on http://www.nualeargais.ie/gnag/gram.htm, but didn't see anything about sa, san and sna regarding mutations.

Interesting, Kerry uses both.... Any idea which would be used in Corca Dhuibhne?

GRMAgaibh, arís!

An Cionnfhaolach · **Joined:** Fri 09 Mar 2012 6:16 pm **Posts:** 1527

Aislingeach wrote:

Wow!

Go raibh maith agaibh!

Yes the "ceist" was just careless typing in my part. I know it's dhá cheist.

I looked on http://www.nualeargais.ie/gnag/gram.htm, but didn't see anything about sa, san and sna regarding mutations.

Interesting, Kerry uses both.... Any idea which would be used in Corca Dhuibhne?

GRMAgaibh, arís!

I have heard both both sa bhaile and sa mbaile in Corca Dhuibhne.

I've also given an explanation on why there is so much dialectal variation on the first page of Saoirse's humongous 21 page thread of preposition games.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1375

Aislingeach · **Posted:** Sun 26 Aug 2012 7:18 pm

An Cionnfhaolach wrote:

I have heard both both sa bhaile and sa mbaile in Corca Dhuibhne.

I've also given an explanation on why there is so much dialectal variation on the first page of Saoirse's humongous 21 page thread of preposition games.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1375

Ok, so either is correct, thanks. Yes, I printed out your explanation, and am still working my way through it, bit by bit. All at once was kind of information overload.

All this to teach the dog to put away her toys! :LOL:

Aislingeach · **Posted:** Sun 26 Aug 2012 10:08 pm

My thanks to the kind soul who corrected my error in the subject line! :GRMA:

WeeFalorieMan · **Posted:** Mon 27 Aug 2012 12:50 am

Aislingeach wrote:

My thanks to the kind soul who corrected my error in the subject line! :GRMA:

Tá fáilte romhat! :wave:

Quote:

if not:

ceist amháin agam
dhá cheist agam
trí cheist agam
ceithre cheist agam
cúig cheist agam
sé cheist agam
seacht gceist agam
ocht gceist agam
naoi gceist agam
deich gceist agam

Also:

céist amháin
dhá cheist
trí ceisteanna
cheithre ceisteanna
cúig ceisteanna
sé ceisteanna
seacht gceisteanna
ocht gceisteanna
naoi gceisteanna
deich gceisteanna

I was told that this is the more traditional way to count in Munster, and this way of counting is also shown in Teach Yourself Irish and a couple of other books I've read.

It is also mentioned here as a less common way of counting:
http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/zahl4.htm#neamh

Aislingeach · **Posted:** Mon 27 Aug 2012 1:10 am

WeeFalorieMan wrote:

Tá fáilte romhat! :wave:

Actually, a WFM, I was talking about whoever edited it for me, but of course I thank you for spotting it, as well! :good:

I'm still on the fence about plural vs singular with the numbers.....

WeeFalorieMan · **Posted:** Mon 27 Aug 2012 1:22 am

Oh, I thought that you had edited it yourself, Aislingeach. I haven't been here for very long and I just assumed that you were allowed to edit that sort of thing.

As for the 2 different ways of counting, both ways are correct so I'm sure either way is fine.

Breandán · **Posted:** Mon 27 Aug 2012 1:53 am

WeeFalorieMan wrote:

Oh, I thought that you had edited it yourself, Aislingeach. I haven't been here for very long and I just assumed that you were allowed to edit that sort of thing.

Actually, you are right, WFM, Aislingeach could have done it (just go to your first post and edit the Subject) but not many people know that so I did it without telling anyone. :mrgreen:

An Cionnfhaolach · **Joined:** Fri 09 Mar 2012 6:16 pm **Posts:** 1527

WeeFalorieMan wrote:

Aislingeach wrote:

My thanks to the kind soul who corrected my error in the subject line! :GRMA:

Tá fáilte romhat! :wave:

Quote:

if not:

ceist amháin agam
dhá cheist agam
trí cheist agam
ceithre cheist agam
cúig cheist agam
sé cheist agam
seacht gceist agam
ocht gceist agam
naoi gceist agam
deich gceist agam

Also:

céist amháin
dhá cheist
trí ceisteanna
cheithre ceisteanna
cúig ceisteanna
sé ceisteanna
seacht gceisteanna
ocht gceisteanna
naoi gceisteanna
deich gceisteanna

I was told that this is the more traditional way to count in Munster, and this way of counting is also shown in Teach Yourself Irish and a couple of other books I've read.

It is also mentioned here as a less common way of counting:
http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/zahl4.htm#neamh

, It is traditional but it is starting to fall out of use. The same can be said about counting things in twenties. So dhá fhichid (fiche takes on the dative after dhá because dhá brings about the dual rule) instead of dachad/ daichead/ ceathracha. Counting things in twenties is more common for larger numbers though. I see you have cheithre séimhithe, you may also put a séimhiú on cúig> chúig.

Counting is so feckin difficult! :LOL:

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