quote:Cad tá tú á chaitheamh ort?
This is wrong.
If you mean: "What is afflicting/bothering you?":
Cad atá ag caitheamh ort? (active, progressive aspect)
If you mean: "What is (being) thrown on you?":
Cad atá á chaitheamh ort? (passive, progressive aspect)
If you mean: "What are you throwing on you?"
Cad atá tú a chaitheamh ort? (active, progressive aspect, but cad being object)
quote:Infinitive:
Chuaigh mé chun bainne a fháil
= I went to get milk.
All verbal nouns are "infinitive" forms (in the sense of no finite endings).
What you mean is that verbal nouns occur in constructions resembling English infinitives ("infinitve mood").
(E.g. Ba mhaith liom bainne a fháil = I'd like to get milk)
Moreover it is prospective aspect here because of "chun".
quote:Action:
Tá sé ag obair anois
= He's working now.
Verbal nouns (like verbs) always denote action, bothering someone or getting something are actions, too.
What you mean is progressive (continuous) aspect.
Lars
(Message edited by lars on January 31, 2009)
