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by Cymro
Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:13 am
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Quantifiers
Replies: 12
Views: 13019

Re: Quantifiers

Regarding 'enough' without the use of the preposition 'de', is the noun in the genitive?

gu leòr fhir, go leòr chon, gu leòr bhòrd etc. ?

Or in the nominative?

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Regarding 'enough' with the use of the preposition 'de', I understand that the noun will be lenited.
As these ...
by Cymro
Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:41 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Quantifiers
Replies: 12
Views: 13019

Quantifiers

I looked around at various resources to find various ways to quantify nouns in Gaelic.

I put together the list below:

enough houses : taighean go leòr
too many houses : cus thaighean
several houses : iomadh taigh
many houses : móran thaighean
a lot of houses : tòrr thaighean
a couple of houses ...
by Cymro
Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:20 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Genitive
Replies: 8
Views: 7223

Re: Genitive

OK, based on your advice, I corrected the forms to arrive at these:

too many friends : cus chàirdean
too many apples : cus ùbhlan
too many books : cus leabhraichean
too many cities : cus bhailtean-mòra
too many days : cus làithean
too many dogs : cus chon
too many girls : cus chaileagan
too many ...
by Cymro
Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:17 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Genitive
Replies: 8
Views: 7223

Re: Genitive

Thanks.

This page gives a different rule :

http://www.reocities.com/alltandubh/Lea ... l#Genitive Plural

Can you help clarify this?
by Cymro
Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:55 am
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Genitive
Replies: 8
Views: 7223

Re: Genitive

Thanks for your reply.

The link you provided has the following for 'girl' :

caileag
-eig, -an

You mentioned that it is possible to get the plural genitive based on this information.
Could you explain how?

Móran taing
by Cymro
Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:16 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Genitive
Replies: 8
Views: 7223

Genitive

Hello all.

Does anyone know if a site where nouns are list in singular, plural, nominative, genitive etc.

I'm looking to find Genitive forms and having trouble.

I think that the genitive is used after "móran".
Could someone perhaps have a look at the phrases below?

many apples : móran ubhalan ...