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Ed Foley
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 10:59 am: | 
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I have a question about the tense of one of the verbs in this seanfhocal: "nuair a thiocas an bás, ni imeoidh sé folamh" The commentary says that the verbs are in the future tense. I recognize "imeoidh" but I have never seen "thiocas" before. Shouldn't it be "thiocfaidh"??? |
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Seosamh Mac Muirí
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 11:15 am: |
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Ed a Chara,
Is s-choibheasta é seo. Oibríonn 's' an choibhnis seo leis an Aimsir Fháistineach agus leis an A. Láithreach. It's an s-relative that works with both tenses (which were one), lasmuigh den chaighdeán, cuid mhaith. Cloisfidh tú meascán den '-nns' leis san A. Láit. scaití, ach cloisfidh tú an 's' as féin in amanna eile :
an té a dhéananns = an té a dhéanas.
It has been somewhat reintroduced, and properly so, through Úrchúrsa Gaeilge : Ó Baoill, Dónall P. - Urchursa Gaeilge. - Eagran leasaithe. - Baile Atha Cliath : Instituid Teangeolaiochta Eireann, 1992. - 0946452776
Tá sé forleathan go leor sa chaint. |
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Ed Foley
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 02:47 pm: |
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go raibh maith agat, a Sheosamh! Táim buíoch díot. |
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Seosamh Mac Muirí
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 03:42 am: |
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Fáilte agus fiche a Ed. |
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