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grammar question

mujerorquesta · 2011-08-01 13:21:24

Hi I'm looking at a kids Irish book and trying to understand the language and was wondering. In the sentence "Bhí cóipleabhar agus peann ag gach aon duine acu." What is the function of "ag" since there's an "acu" at the end of the sentence. I was also wondering if gach aon duine was the same as gach duine? If someone could…

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01-08-2011 2:21pm

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mujerorquesta

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Hi

I'm looking at a kids Irish book and trying to understand the language and was wondering. In the sentence "Bhí cóipleabhar agus peann ag gach aon duine acu." What is the function of "ag" since there's an "acu" at the end of the sentence. I was also wondering if gach aon duine was the same as gach duine?

If someone could explain to me I'd be grateful.

Thanks

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#2 01-08-2011 3:27pm
dambarude

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Saying 'gach aon duine' instead of 'gach duine' emphasises that everybody had one, every single one of them.

The 'acu' at the end means 'of them'. So saying 'bhí peann ag gach aon duine' means 'everyone had a pen', but saying 'bhí peann ag gach aon duine acu' means 'everyone of them had a pen'.

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