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grammar question- question word and verb together

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  • 13-04-2016 11:54pm
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    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭


    Just a quick question.
    if you have a question word such as conas or cén and then want to put a verb after it what happens the verb? will it take a seimhiu or an urú?

    For example
    1.) conas a tharla sé sin. (is this even correct)
    2.) Cad a fhoghlaim tú inné? ( or is it cad a dfoghlaim?)

    What does this section come under in a grammar book?


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    Rodin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Rodin


    f140 wrote: »
    Just a quick question.
    if you have a question word such as conas or cén and then want to put a verb after it what happens the verb? will it take a seimhiu or an urú?

    For example
    1.) conas a tharla sé sin. (is this even correct)
    2.) Cad a fhoghlaim tú inné? ( or is it cad a dfoghlaim?)

    What does this section come under in a grammar book?

    D'fhoghlaim


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    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    Rodin wrote: »
    D'fhoghlaim
    what section does this come under in a grammar book? is there different rules for the different tenses


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    David Webb
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    Cad d'fhoglaim or cad a dh'fhoghlaim.

    (Cad a dh'fhoghlamaís inné? in Munster Irish.)

    This comes under Relative Clauses in grammar books. Cad and Conas and other simlar words (cé, cathain, etc) are followed by the relative particle and lenition.


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    David Webb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭David Webb


    These are direct relative clauses, and the rules AREN't different for different tenses.

    Indirect relative clauses are more complicate, and have eclipsis in most tenses, but lenition in the past:

    an t-am go dtiocfaidh sé
    an t-am gur tháinig sé

    (or an t-am a dtiocfaidh sé/an t-am ar tháinig sé)
    (or an t-am n-a dtiocfaidh sé/an t-am n-ar tháinig sé)

    But relative clauses are a huge chunky subject in most grammar books, and can't really be explained in a brief message.


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    XR3i
    Site Banned Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭XR3i


    did u learn anything yesterday


    an learnáil tú aon rud innié


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