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PostPosted: Sat 07 Feb 2015 7:20 pm 
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Cúmhaí wrote:
Sorry, I meant as to why it calls for "é" instead of "í"

An é sin an chógaslann? = Is this the pharmacy?


A pronoun substitutes a noun.
But it does not substitute an chógaslann here. There is no need for concord.
It is rather a substitute for an foirgneamh or an teach (all masculine nouns).
It is natural to refer to a building with a masculine pronoun in Irish.

An é sin (= an foirgneamh sin) an chógaslann? = Is that (= that building) the pharmacy?

And furthermore: Whether "é sin" and "an chógaslann" are identical is not clear but the reason to utter this question.
To use "í sin" anticipates perhaps a positive answer.


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PostPosted: Sat 07 Feb 2015 7:58 pm 
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Labhrás wrote:
is not clear but the reason to utter this question.


The way you write makes me smile :D Go mbeannaí Dia duit, a chara


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PostPosted: Sat 07 Feb 2015 7:59 pm 
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Oh! And also thank you! Go raibh maith agat!


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PostPosted: Sat 07 Feb 2015 8:09 pm 
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Now, my apologies, I have just one more thing to ask..

About what was mentioned earlier in relation to:
An é do dheartháir é? and
An tú mo dheirfiúr?

Would these be correct?
An é an fear atá grá aici dó? and
An tú an fear atá grá aici dó?

Or is there a missing é in the first one?
And possibly should it rather be duit in the second?

And with would it be
An bhfuil sé an fear atá ocras air?

Honestly maybe I should just be patient and wait to get farther with Rosetta Stone but something inside of me just wants to know all of the answers now.


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PostPosted: Sat 07 Feb 2015 10:49 pm 
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Cúmhaí wrote:
Would these be correct?
An é an fear atá grá aici dó? and
An tú an fear atá grá aici dó?

Or is there a missing é in the first one?
And possibly should it rather be duit in the second?

Yes, é is missing in the first one.
An é an fear é a bhfuil grá aici dó? (indirect relative because of referring back to fear)
An an fear a bhfuil grá aici dó?

You might say:
An don fhear atá grá aici? (Emphasized form of: An bhfuil grá aici don fhear?)
An duit atá grá aici?
This is something completely different.

But it gives reason to mention these sentences with different kinds of direct relative clauses
(and with or without double é):
An é an fear é atá go maith? = Is he the man who is well? (normal copula identification sentence)
An é an fear atá go maith? (emphasized form of: An bhfuil an fear go maith?)

Cúmhaí wrote:
And with would it be
An bhfuil sé an fear atá ocras air?

No, that is impossible!
("Tá sé an fear" is grammatically impossible, and it should be: "an fear a bhfuil ocras air", an indirect relative because of air)

You might say (using tá with a preposition, i or ar):
An bhfuil sé ina fhear a bhfuil ocras air? = Is he a (!) man who is hungry?
I don't know if it is used actually, but at least grammatically correct is:
An bhfuil sé ar an bhfear a bhfuil ocras air? = Is he the man who is hungry?


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PostPosted: Sun 08 Feb 2015 1:50 am 
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Nach dtig seo a ráidht?:

An é an fear a bhfuil grá aici dó? (gan an darna "é")

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PostPosted: Sun 08 Feb 2015 7:25 am 
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Labhrás wrote:
No, that is impossible!


Sorry! Thank goodness I never went so far as to actually utter such a sentence, only to write it!

Lughaidh wrote:
Nach dtig seo a ráidht?:
An é an fear a bhfuil grá aici dó? (gan an darna "é")


Obviously don't believe anything I say, but Lawrence mentioned earlier that in Ulster the second "é" isn't necessary.


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PostPosted: Sun 08 Feb 2015 7:39 am 
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Labhrás wrote:
An é an fear é a bhfuil grá aici dó?


Can I just go ahead and try making one more of these to see if I've got it?

How about:

An iad na bróga iad a bhfuil ag teastáil uait?

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An iad na bróga iad a bhfuil ag teastáil uait?


it's not possible since "bróga" is the subject of "teastáil", so you need a direct relative, ie. "atá":

An iad na bróga atá ag teastáil uait?

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PostPosted: Sun 08 Feb 2015 12:05 pm 
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Lughaidh wrote:
it's not possible

:oops:

Bahaha well I guess I'm just hopeless :LOL:

Thank you again to everyone who responded.
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