"The girl has a dress."
Translation:Tá gúna ag an gcailín.
4 years ago
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knittingarch
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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!
4 years ago
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
4 years ago
Arancaytar
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Why are gcailín (eclipsis) and chailín (lenition) both accepted here? I thought it was always one or the other?
3 years ago
