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How do you answer this Irish question?

  • 30-09-2011 6:43pm
    #1
    Sir123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭


    It's "Arbh é.(rest of question).............?" The answer is not Tá or níl . Does anyone know what it is?

    Thanks;)


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  • #2
    MathsManiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    It's the past tense questioning form of the copula "is".

    Arbh é sin do Dhaid? (Was that your Dad?)
    Ba é. (It was)
    Níorbh é. (It wasn't)

    "Ba" gets shortened to B' before most words starting with a vowel, except: é, í, iad, and ea.


  • #3
    Sir123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭Sir123


    MathsManiac wrote: »
    It's the past tense questioning form of the copula "is".

    Arbh é sin do Dhaid? (Was that your Dad?)
    Ba é. (It was)
    Níorbh é. (It wasn't)

    "Ba" gets shortened to B' before most words starting with a vowel, except: é, í, iad, and ea.

    Thanks MathsManiac. That's exactly what I was looking for. :)


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