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Linda_kathleen
Member Username: Linda_kathleen
Post Number: 99 Registered: 06-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 05:34 pm: |
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I'm confused because all the dictionaries I've looked in say that post is a first declension masculine noun that declines as post, poist, poist, post. But everywhere I look I see postanna. Both post and postanna claim to mean jobs, posts or positions. Has postanna simply taken over in everyday speech, and if so, could someone please tell me what gender it is and how it's declined? Thank you. I am a rank beginner. And I mean the rankest of the rank. Please be kind. But don't let me get away with even the smallest mistake. After all, if you don't correct me, how will I learn?
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 8918 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 05:51 pm: |
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Postanna is an alternative plural of post. |
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Sineadw
Member Username: Sineadw
Post Number: 90 Registered: 06-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:48 pm: |
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I wonder do native speakers say 'ríomh-phostannaí' in Conamara at all or is it just 'emails' an t-am ar fad. |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 8919 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 04:07 am: |
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r-phoist a bheadh agamsa, ach postanna nuair atáim ag caint ar fostaíocht. Níl fhios agam cén fáth. |
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Mbm
Member Username: Mbm
Post Number: 266 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 09:06 am: |
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There are other words like "post": "nasc", plural "naisc" or "nascanna" "suíomh", plural "suímh" or "suíomhanna" and probably loads more. Generally, the short plural tends to be viewed as more "formal" and the long one as more colloquial. Mo bhlag sa seanchló Gaelach: www.cainteoir.com
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