"Ní madraí iad."
Translation:They are not dogs.
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Does this mean to say that in Irish there are actually different versions of negation based on the tense one is using? That it's NOT always "Ni" but varies with tense??? This may be the first language I've come across with that feature.
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I just read this again...I see it has been a year. And your answer makes sense to me now. I guess I must be learning.
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Yes, I agree with you Zerr !! My mother and granny (who were Dutch) retired to Southern Ireland and I used to love listening to the news in Irish because I adored the sound of it !!
Couldn't agree more, I've got family descending from Ireland, so I'm really keen to learn the language
The pronouns sé, sí and said are only used as the subject of active verbs - in all other cases you use é, í and iad.