preposition le + urú?

stephanus

I've been introduced to the preposition "le" now. In the rules for "le" it says that it does not cause any mutations except that it adds an "h" to a word starting with a vowel.

And now I find the expression "le n-ithe agus le n-ól" in the text section of my primer. Why?

Can anyone please help me out?

Micilin Muc

stephanus wrote: »

I've been introduced to the preposition "le" now. In the rules for "le" it says that it does not cause any mutations except that it adds an "h" to a word starting with a vowel.

And now I find the expression "le n-ithe agus le n-ól" in the text section of my primer. Why?

Can anyone please help me out?

Le + h before a vowel is the rule in the official standard, ie Chuaigh mé go dtí an siopa le hAoife. Ar mhaith leat rud éigin le hithe?

Le + urú before a verbal noun which starts with a vowel is a dialectical rule that applies to all dialects, ie Ar mhaith leat rud éigin le n-ithe nó le n-ól?

The standard way of saying the same sentence isAr mhaith leat rud éigin le hithe nó le hól.

stephanus

Great! Got that, I think.

I didn't expect a standard-dialect difference here.

Thanks for your help.

An gal gréine

Micilin Muc wrote: »

Le + h before a vowel is the rule in the official standard, ie Chuaigh mé go dtí an siopa le hAoife. Ar mhaith leat rud éigin le hithe?

Le + urú before a verbal noun which starts with a vowel is a dialectical rule that applies to all dialects, ie Ar mhaith leat rud éigin le n-ithe nó le n-ól?

The standard way of saying the same sentence isAr mhaith leat rud éigin le hithe nó le hól.

Just one point on that Miclin, unusually maybe, but the standard and the Donegal dialect are at one here... le hithe agus le hól !

deirdremf

Although le doesn't mutate, when it is used with the article an, it becomes leis an, and this does require the use of an urú on the following consonant.
e.g. tae le bainne;
but leis an mbainne