"The men work in the bogs."

Translation: Oibríonn na fir sna portaigh.

[CynicalMournings]

Why 'sna'? what is SNA? Is it a conjunction og in and plural the? Ughh.

[galaxyrocker]

sna is short for ins na and is the plural for of sa (n)

[EatJinsSug]

Whats ins

[David36806]

Can "i" be used instead of "sna"?

[SatharnPHL]

i means "in" (no "the"), and it eclipses the following noun:

Oibríonn na fir i bportaigh - "The men work in bogs"

[raycarey3]

Why not san portaigh

[scilling]

Because portaigh is plural.

[Shivaadh]

Nominative singular is portach. I'm going to try leaping to the conclusion that all nouns ending "ach" in the ns. will produce a npl. (and gs.) ending "aigh"...?