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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2007 (January-February) » Archive through January 19, 2007 » Vocative does not appy ? « Previous Next »

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Mícheál
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Username: Mícheál

Post Number: 132
Registered: 11-2004


Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 09:14 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

In An Tuiseal Gairmeach The Vocative Case, on page 22 of my copy of Gael Linn's Gaeilge agus Fáilte, it explains the use of the Vocative, and ends with "This rule does not apply to names that are not in the Irish language e.g. Conas tá tú Simone?" Does this mean then that the made-up names at these postings would not get the séimhiú when being addressed in the vocative?

Maidhc
Bím ag foghlaim
Fáilte Roimh Cheartú


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Dalta
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Post Number: 46
Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 03:43 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

I think it usually depends on the writers inclination, that there's no hard and fast rule to it. I've seen things like a Jhason before, usually people just play with the language as they see fit. Words in Irish but that aren't names, eg mo cheannsa, can be vocative-ised.



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