Grammar question: "giving"

Gumbi · **Joined:** Tue 06 Sep 2011 8:09 pm **Posts:** 943

Lughaidh wrote:

Quote:

"Táim ag tabhairt do Mháire, leabhar" is absolutely correct in a spoken way. Consider the following question...

" Cad 'tá á thabhairt agat do Mháire?" "Táim ag tabhairt do Mháire, (pause, duine ag smaoineamh)- leabhar"

well if I hesitated when saying that I'd say
"Tá mé 'tabhairt... leabhaire do Mháire". I wouldn't put "do Mháire" before.

Quote:

"Táim á thabhairt do Mháire" I'm being given to Máire...

"Táim á thabhairt do Mháire" I'm being given to Máire...

Wouldn't that be "Táim am thabhairt do Mháire"?

yes, Táim dom thabhairt or sthg like that, I guess. Not á thabhairt.

I agree. I would say Táim ag tabhairt ehhhh leabhar di.

Rossaí · **Joined:** Sat 01 Oct 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 231

Lughaidh wrote:

Quote:

Tá(thar) na milseáin á dtabhairt amach...the sweets are being given out

why "táthar" ? it would make the sentence wrong, in my opinion.

Why?

Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

Quote:

Tá(thar) na milseáin á dtabhairt amach...the sweets are being given out

because it means "one is the sweets giving them out".

"The sweets are being given out" is either:
Táthar ag tabhairt na milseán amach
or
Tá na milseáin á dtabhairt amach.

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