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 ...
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- Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:13 am
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Quantifiers
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- Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:41 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Quantifiers
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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 ...
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 ...
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:20 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Genitive
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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 ...
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 ...
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:17 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Genitive
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Re: Genitive
Thanks.
This page gives a different rule :
http://www.reocities.com/alltandubh/Lea ... l#Genitive Plural
Can you help clarify this?
This page gives a different rule :
http://www.reocities.com/alltandubh/Lea ... l#Genitive Plural
Can you help clarify this?
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:55 am
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Genitive
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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
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
- Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:16 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Genitive
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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 ...
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 ...