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Róman
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Post Number: 20
Registered: 03-2006

Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 09:38 am:

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An gcualabhair?

D'aimsíos san é sa Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Chléire. How is such a form possible ? Síleas i gcónaí go the past is impossible without lenition :(?

Fear_na_mbróg
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Post Number: 1063
Registered: 08-2004

Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 11:06 am:

Some dialects use certain verbs with "ní" and "an":

Ar tháinig tú?
An dtáinig tú?

"clois" is one of the eleven irregulars.

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Jonas
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Post Number: 860
Registered: 08-2004

Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 05:38 pm:

In Kerry, at least, it's normalt to use 'an' + eclipsis for the past tense in the spoken language. More common than using 'ar' + lenition, I'd say.

Lughaidh
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Post Number: 1275
Registered: 01-2005

Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 10:27 pm:

Is it? I didn't know that.

In Ulster, some of the irregular verbs use the non-past verbal particles before past forms:

an dtáinig tú?
an dteachaigh tú?
an dtug tú?
an gcuala tú? (or ar chuala tú?, both exist in Ulster)
etc.

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