"The girl has a dress."
Translation:Tá gúna ag an gcailín.
October 19, 2014
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Yikes. Can someone explain why "cailín" now has eclipsis. In the first couple of lesson, I remember typing "an cailín" many times and it was always correct. I didn't see any notes on this, so I hope someone can answer!
October 19, 2014
It's because of the combination of preposition and singular definite article.
when you have a prep. + an the following word either eclipses or lenites, based on the dialect (Ulster lenites, the rest eclipse).
ag an gcailín, ag an mbuachaill, ag an bhfear, ag an mbean, srl
October 19, 2014
Arancaytar
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Why are gcailín (eclipsis) and chailín (lenition) both accepted here? I thought it was always one or the other?
August 27, 2015
