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"They said that they swam."
Translation:Dúirt siad gur shnámh siad.
January 5, 2015
15 Comments
oisinc
22
why not gur snámha siad? can someone please explain the difference between gur shnámh agus gur snámha?
The FGB says that gur "Replaces go before past tense of regular verbs", so yes, it's go raibh siad, but gur shnámh siad or gur chan siad (that they sang) or gur ól siad (note - d'ól siad for "they drank" but gur ól siad for "that they drank").
FearDorcha5
552
In this exercise shnámh sounds as if it had not been lenited, unlike the same word in the audio of Shnámh siad inné ag an trá. I take it that there is a reason for the difference.