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Seán_Óg
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Username: Seán_Óg
Post Number: 26
Registered: 04-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 09:34 am: |   
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hi folks, i'm reading "an ghaeilge ó lá go lá" by A.J.Hughes.
he says, "an leictreoir (é) Tomás?", "an banaltra (í) Máire?"
must the brackets be there?
or what purpose do they serve?
tá brón orm as mo aineolach!! |
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Timd
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Username: Timd
Post Number: 30
Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 09:51 am: |
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He probably means that the é and í are in there in standard Irish and other dialects of IRish, but are often omitted in Ulster Irish. |
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Mbm
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Username: Mbm
Post Number: 275
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 09:52 am: |
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The brackets mean that the bit between them is optional. The author wants to tell you that you can say either "an leictreoir Tomás?" or "an leictreoir é Tomás?".
Mo bhlag sa seanchló Gaelach:
www.cainteoir.com
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Seán_Óg
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Username: Seán_Óg
Post Number: 27
Registered: 04-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 10:25 am: |
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go raibh maith agaibh! |
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