Hey All,

I'm learning Irish and am having problems with the question-form. Thought you might be able to point me in the right direction. Is the following sentence correct?

Dia duit! An bhfuil gá duit ticéad don farantóireachta?

It should say something like 'Hello. Would you like to buy a ferry ticket?' but not sure where the verb should go...

All help greatly appreciated!
Rob

Hi welcome to the forum.

There are a few ways of expressing that sentence in Irish. You are nearly there.

gá isn't used in sentences like this. However, it would make sense to say nach bhfuil gá duit ticéad a cheannach don bhád farantóireachta? don't you need to buy a ticket for the ferry.

However, if you were working in a ticket booth selling tickets, you'd be more likely to say:

An maith leat ticéad fartha/ farantóireachta a chean(n)ach? 'Would you like to buy a ferry ticket?'

It would probably be more natural again to say:

An bhfuil ticéad fartha/ farantóireachta uait? 'do you want/ need a ferry ticket?'

An bhfuil ticéad uait don bhád fartha/ farantóireachta? 'Do you need a ticket for the ferry (boat)?'

You can't really use farantóireacht as a stand alone word, it has to be accompanied by bád. It would probably be more natural again to drop the word 'ferry' entirely and just say:

An bhfuil ticéad uait? 'do you want/ need a ticket' or an bhfuil ticéad uait don bhád 'do you need a ticket for the boat'.

Cian

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Ah, thanks brilliant. Thanks ever so much :-)

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Instead of 'An maith leat' , in this context, isn't it more usual to say, 'Ar mhaith leat...?' = 'Would you like....?'

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of course, stupid

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Don't call me stupid!

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I'm glad I didn't, I was referring to myself, stupid

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Tá tú i ndiaidh "stupid" a thabhairt uirthi den dara uair... Yon comma...