Luke Ó Scolaidhe wrote:
Ok... questions
Why Siadsan?
Tá siad ag roinnt = They are sharing
Tá siadsan ag roinnt = THEY are sharing
Your version is correct too, I just put more emphasis on the word "they."
Luke Ó Scolaidhe wrote:
Why 'Bí i do chailín maith anois'? Is this like Tá sí ina suí? She is sitting down, in otherwords she is immersed in HER action so 'i do chailín maith' is like 'be in your good girl mode'
I think your "good girl mode" is a great way to explain it.
Is cailín maith í = She is a good girl
Tá sí ina cailín maith = She is being a good girl/ She has become a good girl / She is now in good girl mode
Tá sí cailín maith / Bí cailín maith = Wrong verb
This is commonly referred to as a TSF error (Tá sé fear).
Is fear é = He is a man
Tá sé ina fhear = He has become a man, he is speaking as man, he is in man-mode
Tá sé fear = Wrong verb, the so-called TSF error
Luke Ó Scolaidhe wrote:
Why gur instead of go bhfuil?
Go bhfuil has no place here. You have used two different verbs: "go bhfuil" and "is" where only the verb "is" is relevant.
Tá a fhios agam. Is leatsa é. = I know. It's yours (two separate statements)
Tá a fhios agam gur leatsa é = I know that it is yours (one statement)
Is é = it is
Gur = that it is (I know that it is . . . / I heard that is it is . . . / I think that it is . . . etc.
"Gur" is another form of "is", used for these kind of sentences. I think these called relative clauses, or dependent clauses or something like that (I'm not good on grammar terminology).
(Edited to add in clearer examples)