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Jen
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 01:45 pm: | 
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A Chairde,
I've noticed that Irish sentences make great use of the word 'agus' - usually between every object in a list rather than only between the last two, as with 'and' in English.
Am I correct to conclude that 'agus' is always to be used between every object in a list?
Le buíochas,
Jen |
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Phil
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 06:27 pm: |
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"agus" = "and"
Plain and simple.
It is occasionaly abbreviated to "is" but only when the meaning is painfully obvious.
Chonaic mé Máire
I saw Mary
Chonaic mé Máire agus Seán
I saw Mary and Seán
Chonaic mé Máire, agus ansin, chonaic mé Seán
I saw Mary, and then, I saw Seán
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I saw Mary, Seán, Philip, and James
Chonaic mé Máire, Seán, Philip agus James
-Phil |
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Jen
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 11:11 am: |
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So you don't need to use 'agus' between every word in a list?
(i.e. Chonaic mé Máire, agus Seán, agus Philip, agus James.)
Many times I have seen examples like this, where 'agus' was used between each word.
Slán,
Jen |
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Phil
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 02:14 pm: |
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Short answer:
NO, you don't.
-Phil |
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