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- "Íocann an madra don chat."
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I just love this sentence....I always think of the cat doing something bad (like knocking something breakable down) but not getting caught, and then the dog gets nailed for the crime....
In Connacht Irish, certain d's are pronounced g. Aside from this example, dul is usually pronounced gul in Connacht Irish.
Cad atá ag dul dó? - https://www.duolingo.com/comment/4775581
Tá sé ag dul faoi obráid - https://www.duolingo.com/comment/11806896
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Is "for the" here in the sense of paying the shopkeeper to receive the cat, or paying in the cat's place?
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I think because "don" is a contraction that includes the definite article: don = "do + an" So, "don" is "for the" whereas "do" is "for a"
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I can't find any íocaim don fhear exercise, but if it accepts "I pay the man" then it is incorrect (or it's a béarlachas using do for "to" instead of "for").
Íocann tú don mhairteoil - "You pay for the beef"
Íocaim don chailín - "I pay for the girl"
Íocann sibh don fhear - "You pay for the man"
"You pay for the man" - Íocann sibh don fhear