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Cormac
Member Username: Cormac
Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 03:12 am: |
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Does it matter where 'go leor' is placed in a sentence, e.g: Tá go leor tíreacha ar an mapa. Tá tireacha go leor ar an mapa. Tá peictiúir go leor anseo. etc. |
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Fear na mBróg (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 06:33 am: |
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I've never seen "go leor" written after a noun, only an adjective: Táim ceart go leor. I have however seen "go léir" written after a noun as in: Bhí na buachaillí go léir ag súgradh. |
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Cormac
Member Username: Cormac
Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 01:12 pm: |
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strange...i've come across it many times...more examples from learning irish: Bhí an samhradh go hiontach, cé nach raibh go leor uisce ann. Níl siad soibhir cé go bhfuil go leor feilméaraí soibhir agus daoine uaisle anseo. Tá go leor Gaeilge ansin freisin Ní bhíonn mórá asail anseo anois ach cupla bhliain ó shin bhíodh go leor leor asail anseo. Maybe it's an Ulster/Connacht thing... |
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Fear_na_mbróg
Member Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 01:18 pm: |
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If I were to say, "There's enough dogs here", I'd say: Tá madraí go leor anseo. But it looks like you can also say: Tá go leor madraí anseo |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 09, 2004 - 04:33 am: |
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It's a matter of emphasis/stress Tá go leor madraí anseo - there are a lot (or enough) of dogs here Tá madraí go leor anseo - there are a lot of dogs here go leor (cuid mhaith; do dhóthain, do sháith). |
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Phouka
Member Username: Phouka
Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 04:45 pm: |
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Ah, that's how it works. I'd been puzzling over it in LI for a while and consistently getting it wrong. Thanks! |
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Celtoid
Member Username: Celtoid
Post Number: 4 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 07:00 am: |
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I'm puzzled. Fear na mBróg said he's never seen it come after a noun, only an adjective. Then Cormac says he's seen it many times and then gives several examples of "go leor" coming BEFORE a noun! An mise an t-aon duine a thug faoi deara? |
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