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Cé aige...

  • 15-05-2010 09:22PM
    #1
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Caithfidh mé 100% cinnte faoi seo:
    Cé aige atá an ......
    means
    Who has the .....

    Cé aige a bhfuil an....... is wrong isn't it? Go raibh maith agaibh arís.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    It's a bhfuil.

    If you want to say Who has the prize?, it'd be Cé a bhfuil an duais aige?, or, as you put it, Cé aige a bhfuil an duais?.

    This is because Irish lacks a specific verb for to have, instead making up for it with to be at. In your sentence, the isn't doing the 'being', it's the duais. OTOH, if you were saying Who is the secretary here?, it's be Cé atá mar rúnaí anseo?, as the is doing the 'being'.


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