I'm subscribed to Talk Irish's Irish Word a Day, which is going through the relationship words at the moment.

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Yesterday and today I've seen a construction that I don't recall seeing before.

Is as Ceanada do mo chol ceathrair.
Is as Corcaigh do mo sheanathair.

So I start looking through various language learning books and come across Is as Bostom dom and Cad as d'Aine?.

I'm not accustomed to seeing the "do" in there. How did I miss this basic info? I'm truly shocked. Is it because of the copula, as in Mark is aimn dom?

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I think it may be a regional thing, Yobar. I learned "is as" (without the "dom") myself, but I've heard both. Probably Breandán or Lughaigh could explain it.

Redwolf

You can say:

Is as Tír Chonaill é
or
Is as Tír Chonaill dó

Both are correct.
The latter is a bit strange for non-native speakers because it means "it is from Tir Chonaill for me"... but in Irish it makes sense


The question can be: Cad as duit? Cad as tú? Cérb as duit? Cérb as tú? Cé as duit? Cé as tú? Cárb as tú? Cárb as duit? Cá as tú? Cá as duit?... all these are variants to say the same thing (Munster uses cad, Connachta cérb and cé as far as I now, and Ulster uses cárb or cá).

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Cé as thú ? and Cerb as thú ? (with the object/disjunctive pronoun) in Connacht.

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Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).