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PostPosted: Tue 28 Jun 2016 9:38 pm 
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Ni.......ni(as we say here) I thought it was níor....ná. I've found two sample phrases - Níor ith sé agus níor ól sé, but I've also seen this - Níor bhog sé ná níor chuir sé a lámha in airde. Does that mean that you put agus in the place of ná ?
The sentence I'm trying to put into Irish is this -
He had neither grown taller nor older in look, .....
Do I have to repeat the verb preceded by níor or not ? Here's my attempt at it -

Níor éirigh sé ní ba mhó ná ní ba shine ar a chosúlacht,.....


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franc 91 wrote:
Ni.......ni (as we say here) I thought it was níor....ná. I've found two sample phrases - Níor ith sé agus níor ól sé, but I've also seen this - Níor bhog sé ná níor chuir sé a lámha in airde. Does that mean that you put agus in the place of ná ?
The sentence I'm trying to put into Irish is this -
He had neither grown taller nor older in look, .....
Do I have to repeat the verb preceded by níor or not ? Here's my attempt at it -

Níor éirigh sé ní ba mhó ná ní ba shine ar a chosúlacht,.....

There is either
Ní … ná ní …
(past tense: Níor … ná níor …)
or
Ní … agus ní …
(past tense: Níor … agus níor …)

And furthermore:
Ní(or) … X ná Y
But this occurs only between 2 nouns X and Y (or between 2 comparatives - as in your example)

So, either:
Níor éirigh sé ní ba mhó ní ba shine ar a chosúlacht, …
or (with repeated verb)
Níor éirigh sé ní ba mhó ná nior éirigh sé ní ba shine ar a chosúlacht, …
Níor éirigh sé ní ba mhó agus nior éirigh sé ní ba shine ar a chosúlacht, …

You needn't repeat the verb.


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PostPosted: Tue 28 Jun 2016 10:41 pm 
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Go raibh maith agat.

I'd like to say this isn't explained very clearly in the grammar books nor on the Gramadach na Gaeilge (Nua Leargais) website.


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