Topic: Irish

"An elephant has a long nose."

Translation:Tá srón fhada ag eilifint.

June 21, 2015

3 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/andyroo93

    Why is it 'ar' for humans and 'ag' for elephants? Is that a rule in Irish?

    June 21, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/scilling
    • 1775

    No — it should be ar for elephants (and any other creature with an external nose) too.

    June 21, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Knocksedan

      What the heck!!! 2 questions back I was asked to translate Tá srón fhada ar eilifint into English, and I thought they'd finally fixed that stupid error with ag!!!!

      August 1, 2015
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