Topic: Irish

"Tá ainmhithe sa ghort."

Translation:There are animals in the field.

July 18, 2015

6 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/jamckillip48

    This isn't good because a 'gort' is a cultivated field...cows in the corn...

    July 18, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Stephaflop

      Doesn't "páirc" also mean "field"?

      October 8, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/scilling
      • 1787

      It can.

      October 10, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/MaireMacEoin

        Why can't you say "The animals are in the field".

        April 21, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/scilling
        • 1787

        Because the translation for “the animals” is na hainmhithe, which isn’t in the sentence to be translated.

        April 29, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/grace879006

          Páirc means field

          December 30, 2018
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