Irish grammar???

Kelly090

Hi guys looking for some kind hearted Irish buff out there just to check over these corrections and let me know if I need to change anything grammatically:
- ina chuid filíochta (nó ina chuid fhilíochta - le séimhiú)
-i lár na baile (nó i lár na bhaile)
- muintir na cheantar nó muintir na ceantar
- cabhair ón rialtas nó cabhrú ón rialtais
- is it grammatically correct to say : nuair a bhí Seamus ar beo?
- ar bothar nó ar bhothar
Thanks so much in advance to anyone who replies!!

MomijiHime

filíochta
cabhair ón rialtas
Nuair a bhí Seamus beo.

sevenofthorns

Níl aon sort Gaelgeoir líofa mé, ach rinne mé mo dhicheall lena habairtí seo.

- ina chuid filíochta
-i lár an bhaile
- muintir an chaintair (sílim?)
- cabhair ón rialtas
- nuair a bhí Seamus beo?
- ar bhothar

Brón orm má bhfuil aon rud mícheart!

Comhairleoir

Kelly090 wrote: »

Hi guys looking for some kind hearted Irish buff out there just to check over these corrections and let me know if I need to change anything grammatically:
- ina chuid filíochta (nó ina chuid fhilíochta - le séimhiú)
-i lár na baile (nó i lár na bhaile)
- muintir na cheantar nó muintir na ceantar
- cabhair ón rialtas nó cabhrú ón rialtais
- is it grammatically correct to say : nuair a bhí Seamus ar beo?
- ar bothar nó ar bhothar
Thanks so much in advance to anyone who replies!!

ina chuid filíochta : Riail = Nó séimhiú after ainmfhocal which means cuid, easpa, iomarca: e.g. ailp feola; roinnt bagúin; easpa taithí; breis bainne; an iomarca moille; mo chuid cainte. You can say cuid mhaith though as cuid is a fem noun and therefore lenites (h's) an adjective.

i lár na baile : Change to I lár an bhaile - baile is masculine so therefore use "an" in the tuiseal ginideach - think "MASCUL-AN" & FEMI-NA"

muintir na etc : change to muintir an cheantair - see above. Also, make the ceantar ending caol as it is a 1st decl noun.

cabhair ón rialtas - no need for the tuiseal ginideach here so leave it as rialtas.
nuair a bhí Seamus ar beo - remove "ar". You can check phrases like this using searches such as: http://www.focloir.ie/en/search/ei/adv?q=ar+beo&inlanguage=ga&searchin=&pos=&subject=&style=

ar bhóthar - meaning "on a road". Ar lenites when it has a literal meaning, e.g. on a table - ar thábla/ar bhord; on a shoe - ar bhróg; on a heap of footed turf - ar chnuchaire. However, no séimhiú when it means a state of being such as drunkenness - ar meisce; for sale - ar díol. That rule gets much more technical - i've copied a section from Graiméar na mBráithre Críostaí below.



4.8 Ní shéimhítear
i bhfrásaí den sórt seo a leanas nuair a chuireann siad staid in iúl: ar bith; ar
bogadh; ar buile; ar cois (= ar siúl); ar crochadh; ar díol; ar dóigh (= ar fheabhas); ar
doimhne; ar fad; ar fáil; ar fán; ar fiuchadh; ar forbhás (= corrach); ar fónamh; ar
fuaidreamh; ar gor; ar maos; ar meisce; ar seachrán; ar siúl (= á dhéanamh; tosaithe); ar
tarraingt; ar tiús; ar triomú

sna habairtí seo mura bhfuil an t-ainmfhocal á cháiliú (suíomh ginearálta a
bhíonn i gceist de ghnáth): ar barr; ar cairde (= gan airgead síos); ar colbha; ar corr; ar
deireadh; ar muir; ar tír; ar tosach. Ach ar bharr an tí; ar chairde fada; ar cholbha na leapa;
ar chorr an bhoird; ar dheireadh an bháid; ar Mhuir Meann; ar thír na hÉireann; ar thosach
an tslua.

sna frásaí seo d'ainneoin an t-ainmfhocal a bheith cáilithe: ar ball [beag]; ar béal
maidine; ar bord [loinge]