"Bean mhaith is ea í, nach ea?"
Translation:She is a good woman, isn't she?
September 7, 2015
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What's the function of the first ea in this sentence? Is it a dummy subject, something like "It's that she's a good woman, isn't it?"
ea "3 sg. neuter pron. (Used only in conjunction with the copula)" Explanation and examples: https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/ea
The audio on the Irish course is a live recording of a native speaker. Assume that it's correct unless someone more experienced than you has pointed out an issue - she sometimes uses forms that are specific to her dialect, or misreads the script, but those instances have all been pointed out many times already.