"We are leaving it here."

Translation: Tá muid á fhágáil anseo.

[proinsias123]

Couldn't or shouldn't this be Ta muid ag fagail e anseo?

Doesn't the way it is above mean We are to leave it here?

[galaxyrocker]

No. You can't have a pronoun as the direct object of a verbal noun. The structure changes when you do.

[proinsias123]

How are prepositional pronouns effected by the VB?

[galaxyrocker]

Are you talking about prepositional pronouns (liom, leat, etc) or pronouns in general?

[proinsias123]

Prepositional pronouns.

[galaxyrocker]

Nothing. It stays the same. Only changes with pronoun direct object (if there was a prepositional pronoun, it'd be the indirect object)

[proinsias123]

Ah, I see now. Thanks.

[seanscian]

Is “Táimid” valid to use here?

[SatharnPHL]

táimid and tá muid are equivalent.

[BartConnol]

Why ist this "we are leaving here" and the sentence not "Táimid é sin a fhágáil anseo" or Táimid a fhágáil é sin anseo?

[SatharnPHL]

It's not "we are leaving here" because of the á. And it's á because "it" is the indirect object of the progressive verb "leaving", and therefore both "Táimid é sin a fhágáil anseo" and "Táimid a fhágáil é sin anseo" are ungrammatical.

[Eolasabu]

Cén fath nach bhfuill, Táimid á fhágáil ceart