Tá ceist agam. Mar shampla: Tógaim leabhar go lé mé. I take a book that I may read. An seo ceart go leor? Is something missing or not quite right in constructing a sentence like this?

Go raibh maith agaibh.

Mícheál
FRC

quote:

Tógaim leabhar go lé mé. I take a book that I may read.

The subjunctive ("lé mé" here) has a rather limited range of use in contemporary Irish, mostly confined to expressing wishes, and a few other expressions:

go raibh maith agat
go n-éirí an bóthar leat
nár lagaí do lámh
fan go bhfeice mé

The sentence you've constructed sounds stilted (and in English, too, actually). Putting the idea in a real context -- what I usually do at the airport before boarding a long flight -- I might say:

Ceannaím leabhar le léamh. = I buy a book to read.

Ceannaím leabhar le go mbeidh rud éigin le léamh agam. = I buy a book so that I'll have something to read.

Tabhair dhom leabhar eicín lé léaghamh.
tor' um L'эur эk'i:n' l'e: L'e:β

Tabhair dhom leabhar eicín go léighe mé tamall.
tor' um L'эur эk'i:ŋ gэ L'e:jэ m'e: tamэL

An bhfuil dadaidh lé n-ith' agaibh?
wuL dadi: l'e: n'iç эgi:

An bhfuair sibh a sáith lé n-ith'?
э wuэr ∫iβ' э sa: l'e: n'iç

Tigidh isteach go bhfuighe sibh greim lé n-ith'.
t'ig'i: ∫d'ax gэ wi:э ∫iβ' gr'im' l'e: n'iç

Suidhigí ag an mbord go n-ithe sibh greim.
sijig'i: eg' э mord gэ N'içэ ∫iβ' gr'im'

(Message edited by Peadar_Ó_Gríofa on November 16, 2005)

Oops. Not "go bhfuighe sibh" (future indicative), but "go bhfagha sibh" (present subjunctive):

Tigidh isteach go bhfagha sibh greim lé n-ith'.
t'ig'i: ∫d'ax gэ wa: ∫iβ' gr'im' l'e: n'iç

Em b'fhéidir *ach n'fheadar*
ionas go bhféadfainn.. So that i may..
Ionas go bhféadfainn leabhar a fháil - so i could get a book..
Níl's an cabhair é sin?!

Not "go bhfuighe sibh" (future indicative),

The future would be spelled "go bhfaighidh sibh" (caighdeán) or "go bhfuighidh sibh" (maybe older spelling, closer to Donegal pronounciation, at least).
Pronounciation in Donegal /go wi: s'iv'/

Is dóigh liom gur canúint Mhaigh Eo atá ag Peadar ansin. (lé in áit le, 7rl).

Tá dearcadh i léith Ghaeilge Iorrais aige atá cosúil le do dhearcadh i léith Ghaeilge Thír Chonaill.

Deirimse féin i gcónaí cárb as do na foirmeacha a bheirimse...

Cibé ar bith, tá mé ’meas go bhfuaimneochaí "go bhfuighidh sibh" ar an dóigh chéarna in Éirinn go léir ach amháin i gcuid do Mhumhain ("guh vwee shiv").

Fáistineach:
go bhfuighbhe sibh
gэ wi:э ∫iβ'

Fo-shuidhteach láithreach:
go bhfaghaidh sibh
gэ wa: ∫iβ'

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