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Celtoid (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 07:12 am: | 
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"B'fhacthas dó agus an phá a bhí dó anois, agus an t-árdú a bhí dlite dó go gairid, nach mbeadh sé thar bhliain go leith, nó cupla bliain ar a fhad, ag saothrú díol a fhreastail." I looked up "facthas" and found that it's the dependent past autonomous form of "feic". But there is no particle, just the past form of the copula, "Ba". Why doesn't it just say "Chonacthas (the past autonomous) dó...."? Is this another dialectical thing? |
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OCG (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 10:59 am: |
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It's just the way they say it in that dialect, I guess... |
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Celtoid
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Username: Celtoid
Post Number: 5
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 07:07 am: |
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Perhaps. Anybody else gonna weigh in? |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 38
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 08:55 am: |
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Only to say that is how I'd say it too.... |
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Celtoid
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Username: Celtoid
Post Number: 6
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 07:11 am: |
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An bhféadfá é a mhíniú, a Aonghuis, le do thoil? |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 45
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 10:18 am: |
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B'fhacthas dó = "it appeared to him" or "he considered". |
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Celtoid
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Username: Celtoid
Post Number: 8
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 09:50 pm: |
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Tá fhios agam é sin, a Aonghuis. I was hoping you'd explain why it's like that (as opposed to chonacthas). |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 52
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 05:35 am: |
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Ah. I don't know. It just is! I don't conciously know the grammar, except what participating here has forced me to (re) learn. I just speak the language!
Brón orm as an mí thuiscint. |
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