"Where are you, Eva?"

Translation: Càit a bheil thu, Eubha?

[DebF26]

Okay, we recently has Cait a bheil thu, A Bheathag. Why does Beth need an A, when Eva does not?

[silmeth]

Because Beathag (and also lenited Bheathag) starts with a consonant so it keeps the a before it, while Eubha starts with a vowel and the starting vowel of Eubha mercilessly devours the vocative a that would otherwise stand there.

[DesiraeQ]

Thank you! I was so confused

[Dom393459]

Why càite and not càit

[JuManue]

Is 'Co as a tha thu' only for where are you from?

[silmeth]

Yes, cò às a means where from? (lit. what from is (it) that…?) and it is followed by the independent form of a verb: tha… for is… (cò às a tha…? lit. means where from is it that something is…?), càite a (or càit a, both spellings are common) means where is it that…? and is followed by a dependent form of a verb (a bheil… for that is…).

[JuManue]

I think it makes sense, Tapadh leat a charaid