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- "Tá líomóid ag an mbean."
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Would someone please help me understand this? I know they wrote about eclipsis in the "tips" but is this a preposition plus a definite article? "Ag" is translated as "have", so it doesn't seem like a preposition to me.
Irish has no verb for 'have.' So, instead, whay they do is say something is 'at' somebody.
More like "by". Older generations will even use this when speaking english - Look at the lovely hair by her.
In Irish, you don't use ag with hair - Féach ar an ghruaig álainn uirthi,
I have no idea why the tooltip for "ag" is showing up as "have". We will try to get this bug fixed.
No, it is perfectly fine it shows "tá...ag" means "have" or "has" in this case (which perhaps should be added) and underneath under the right side for "ag" the meaning "at" is given. Isn't it because the more literal meaning in Irish is "at the woman is a lemon" to mean "The woman has a lemon."?
The literal translation of Tá líomóid ag an mbean. is “Is lemon at the woman.”, but it means “The woman has a lemon.” Yes, this sentence has a preposition followed by a definite article — ag an is (typically) “at the”.
Im so done. I just put the lemon has a woman. Cause you never know with this app.
If there's an issue with the solution, report the sample. The sentence structure here is "the (object) is had by the (subject)". But that's nonsensical in English, so we write it correctly as "the (subject) has the (object)".
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I put "the woman has lemon" as in the substance (uncountable in English) but it was not accepted without the article "a" (indicating a single fruit). I feel it should have been accepted. Am I missing something here?
Probably you have as a noncountable noun, like when referring to lemon juice (or lemon zest, etc.). I added lemon to my tea—how many lemon did I add? Maybe the woman's tray holds milk, a bowl of sugar, a box of sugars, honey in a jar, two additional cartons of milk, some lemon (wedges and juice), two lemons....
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Exactly.. this is what I meant... the uncountable version... so does anyone know if this would be acceptable as an answer in this case?
tiarna is "lord", and bantiarna is the female equivalent. While "lady" in English has devolved to now be a polite form of "woman", bantiarna is really only used as a title of nobility, either "Lady (name)" or "Dame (name)".
