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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 5:10 pm 
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"Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh"

"Cé acu t-léine atá dearg"

"Cé aige a bhfuil galf á imirt"

Go raibh maith agaibh

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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 5:17 pm 
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Quote:
"Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh"


who is wearing the blue t-shirt?

Quote:
"Cé acu t-léine atá dearg"


to whom (several persons) does the t-shirt that is red belong?

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"Cé aige a bhfuil galf á imirt"


who is playing golf?

But They all sound a bit strange to me, although I think they are grammatically right.
I'd say

Cé a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh aige (or: Cé atá ag caitheamh t-léine ghorm?)

Cé leis an t-léine dhearg?

Cé atá ag imirt gailf?

they are more natural.

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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 5:20 pm 
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I'm pretty sure it's:

Cé acu t-léine atá dearg? – Which t-shirt is red?


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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 5:42 pm 
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Thanks guys.

In the context I am reading it, it sounds like this one is correct. :)
Cé acu t-léine atá dearg? – Which t-shirt is red?

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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 6:44 pm 
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WeeFalorieMan wrote:
I'm pretty sure it's:

Cé acu t-léine atá dearg? – Which t-shirt is red?


I'd certainly read it that way too.


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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 8:23 pm 
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wannaleanrirish wrote:
Thanks guys.

In the context I am reading it, it sounds like this one is correct. :)
Cé acu t-léine atá dearg? – Which t-shirt is red?


It sounds like it's from a children's textbook.
[Point at] which of the shirts is red.

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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 8:54 pm 
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Cé acu t-léine atá dearg? – Which t-shirt is red?


you're right, I read too quickly! :oops:

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Lughaidh wrote:
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"Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh"

who is wearing the blue t-shirt?

Shouldn't that be "who is wearing a blue t-shirt?" ?

Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh ? "Who/Which one of them is wearing a blue T-shirt?"
Cé aige a bhfuil an t-léine ghorm á caitheamh ? "Who/Which one of them is wearing the blue T-shirt?"

:?:

Bríd Mhór wrote:
It sounds like it's from a children's textbook.
[Point at] which of the shirts is red.
:yes:

Following on from the first question "Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh ?", could it be:

Cé acu t-léine atá dearg ? "Who/Which of them (are wearing) a T-shirt that's red?"

and

Cé aige a bhfuil galf á imirt ? "Who/Which one of them is playing golf?"

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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep 2012 10:14 pm 
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Since no one else has asked, I will: Where the heck does the "t" in t-léine come from???
Scratch that -- I just realized it's the same "t" as in as "t-shirt"!
I was imagining some local dialect in which the English "the" had morphed into "t"!!! :rofl:

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Breandán wrote:
Lughaidh wrote:
Quote:
"Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh"

who is wearing the blue t-shirt?

Shouldn't that be "who is wearing a blue t-shirt?" ?

Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh ? "Who/Which one of them is wearing a blue T-shirt?"
Cé aige a bhfuil an t-léine ghorm á caitheamh ? "Who/Which one of them is wearing the blue T-shirt?"

:?:

Bríd Mhór wrote:
It sounds like it's from a children's textbook.
[Point at] which of the shirts is red.
:yes:

Following on from the first question "Cé aige a bhfuil t-léine ghorm á caitheamh ?", could it be:

Cé acu t-léine atá dearg ? "Who/Which of them (are wearing) a T-shirt that's red?"

and

Cé aige a bhfuil galf á imirt ? "Who/Which one of them is playing golf?"



Seems to me if it's aimed at very young basic learners it could be said simpler.
"Who is wearing a blue shirt". Rather than "Which one of them is wearing a blue shirt".
"Cé atá ag caitheamh léine ghorm?"

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