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- "But, what age are you?"
"But, what age are you?"
Translation:Ach, cén aois sibh?
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Actually, including 'atá' here is perfectly acceptable and should be marked as correct.
Cén includes a copula, and the sentence doesn’t need a second verb, so a relative clause isn’t needed.
In a previous exercise we learned Cén aois tú? Why is the object form used in one sentence, but not the other?
Why is "Cén aois tú" in the other exercise but it needs to be thú when the Ach is added?
In order to know when to lenite or eclipse an Irish noun or pronoun, how do we determine if it is masculine or feminine? Are there any patterns?
You posted two years ago and probs don't need this now, but in case body else does this thread is helpful https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16323229/A-99-Fool-Proof-Way-To-Determine-The-Gender-Of-Irish-Nouns
I believe you, but wouldn't it be "ages" or is there no proper translation between yhe languages? I keep avoiding "sibh" because I wasn't sure.
This is an English to Irish exercise. It starts of as "But, what age are you?", so "what age are u" can't be accepted as a translation.
cé contains a copula.
So, I tried Cén aois atá tú on the previous exercise and it said cén aois sibh was the correct answer. on this exercise I tried Ach, cén aois tú. and it still says it's incorrect. Since I'm using the singular you, is there something I'm forgetting to do - like possibly thú instead? if so, why?
