Topic: Irish

"The boy wears a sweater and the girl wears a dress."

Translation:Caitheann an buachaill geansaí agus caitheann an cailín gúna.

September 2, 2015

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/B_D_Codeman

    I think I am totally confusing myself.

    Is there an easy way to know when a sentence structure is VOS versus VSO?

    Just when I think I’m getting the hang of Irish sentence structure, I swap the order. :(

    July 16, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JoanThe3rd

      right!? i could have sworn this sentence was marked correct in an earlier exercise when i wrote caitheann geansaí an buachaill agus caitheann gúna an cailín... ugh.

      October 12, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rdrmeints

        Why isn't "cailín" lenited in that case?

        February 14, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TadhgMonabot
        • 24

        both buachaill and cailin are masculine

        May 10, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/PatrickCal941063
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        • 257

        Cailín is masculine?

        March 8, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DaphneGool

          How is cailín a masculine noun?

          November 2, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TArdy44

            One of the oddities of Irish is that the word cailín is masculine! ( I got caught by this AGAIN ).

            March 7, 2019
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JessyK1104
            • 599

            Why is boy and girl not lenited?!

            December 31, 2017
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