The building of this sentence is hard to get:
"Is deacair a rá cé aige a mbeidh an bua" I don't understand why 'aige' is put where it is. I can't really explain why, but it seems so odd to me.

One word that I have seen again and again in sentences with 'le' is 'cuimhne', like: "Ní cuimhne liom an oíche a raibh tú anseo." In my book it says that cuimhne means think, remember etc. Can this verb connected only be used with the prepositional pronoun 'le' in any sentence?

I suppose the following sentence is connected: "Ní dóigh liom go mbeidh an aimsir go maith amáireach." 'dóigh' as far as I know means 'suppose'. Is it the same case here as with 'cuimhne' in my question above?

Can 'le' alone be used in any sentence? (please give an example!)

>The building of this sentence is hard to get:
>"Is deacair a rá cé aige a mbeidh an bua" I don't >understand why 'aige' is put where it is.

Cé aige = to whom.
Cé aige a mbeidh an bua = cé a mbeidh an bua aige = to whom the victory will be.

>"Ní cuimhne liom an oíche a raibh tú anseo." In my book >it says that cuimhne means think, remember etc.

cuimhne isn't a verb, but a noun. It means memory, remembering, etc. Is cuimhne liom = it-is memory with-me = i remember.


>Can this verb connected only be used with the >prepositional pronoun 'le' in any sentence?

It's not a verb. The correspondig verb is "cuimhnigh" = to remember. Cuimhním ar an rud sin = is cuimhne liom an rud sin = I remember that thing.

>I suppose the following sentence is connected: "Ní >dóigh liom go mbeidh an aimsir go maith >amáireach." 'dóigh' as far as I know means 'suppose'.

No, it isn't a verb again, it's a noun: manner, appearance, look, etc. Is dóigh liom = it-is appearance with-me = it looks to me (that) = i think that...

Hey Cecilie,

In TYI, there's a list of these idiomatic phrases:

Is maith liom - I like
Is breá liom - I love
Is fuath liom - I hate
Is féidir liom - I can
Is cuimhin liom - I remember (note the different spelling)
Is dóigh liom (go) - I suppose (that)

And this list goes on... Some use other prepositions:

Tá ocras orm - I'm hungry
Tá tart orm - I'm thirsty

I find it easiest to think of them, arbitrarily, as one big unit:

(Is cuimhin liom) some thing.
(I remember) some thing.
(Who + action) some thing.

"Le" and "liom" contribute to "who".

It's not a very grammatical explanation of it, just a useful way of thinking. And there are about 20 or so listed in TYI. I'll type them up for you when I get a chance.

Ikke at jag vet som jag snakker om... ha det bra!!

cool, snakker du norsk? Jeg studerer norsk nå og jeg forstår litt. I just started, so I can say only a minimal amount of things. Thats pretty cool, when I saw a thread about other languages people were interested in, nobody really mentioned Norwegian. Anyway, sorry for this not being relevant to the "cuimhne liom" question.

Thats OK, as neither is this 'OK' relivant either

Harrison, if you want to talk to me about Norwegian, please send me an e-mail. You'll find my e-mail address above my name. :-)

Thanks for the reply, Lughaidh! I'm beginning to get it now!