dé luain agus an luan

samhradh

hi all this always confuses me
is dé luain- on monday
and an luan just a monday

for e.g. if i am saying - i will be working on monday next
can i say - beidh mé ag obair dé luain seo chugainn or
beidh me ag ag obair an luain beag seo?

táim beaganín trína chéile !!

dolliemix

To be honest you'll be understood saying both but you are correct in what you are saying.If something happens regularly you need to use Dé Luain and not An Luan

mar shampla

On Mondays I play tennis - Dé Luain imrím leadóg
Last Monday I played tennis - An Luan seo caite d'imir mé leadóg.

So using your example

I'll be working next Monday - Beidh mé ag obair an Luan seo chugainn

but

I work Mondays - Bím ag obair dé Luain

This is all from my memory so I mightn'd be 100% correct. If I'm wrong hopefully other posters will let us know!

Micilin Muc

dolliemix wrote: »

To be honest you'll be understood saying both but you are correct in what you are saying.If something happens regularly you need to use Dé Luain and not An Luan

mar shampla

On Mondays I play tennis - Dé Luain imrím leadóg
Last Monday I played tennis - An Luan seo caite d'imir mé leadóg.

So using your example

I'll be working next Monday - Beidh mé ag obair an Luan seo chugainn

but

I work Mondays - Bím ag obair dé Luain

This is all from my memory so I mightn'd be 100% correct. If I'm wrong hopefully other posters will let us know!

That's exactly it, but it's supposed to be the other way around!

Feicfidh mé thú Dé Luain.
Chonaic mé í Dé Luain.
Feicim é ar an Luan.

Micilin Muc

Micilin Muc wrote: »

That's exactly it, but it's supposed to be the other way around!

Feicfidh mé thú Dé Luain.
Chonaic mé í Dé Luain.
Feicim é ar an Luan.

I think they have something similar in French, eg
samedi = Saturday
le samedi = Saturdays/every Saturday

dolliemix

Micilin Muc wrote: »

That's exactly it, but it's supposed to be the other way around!

Feicfidh mé thú Dé Luain.
Chonaic mé í Dé Luain.
Feicim é ar an Luan.

Cool thanks - I has a feeling I was the wrong way round!

samhradh

mile buiochas , táim i bhfad níos soiléire anois!