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What is the difference in using a cheannach and using le ceannach? Buntus shows both meaning to buy.
Go raibh maith agaibhWhat is the difference in using a cheannach and using le ceannach? Buntus shows both meaning to buy.
Go raibh maith agaibhAren’t there example sentences?
le can have a lot of meanings (purpose, possibility, necessity, etc.)
a is just a grammatical device without a real meaning.Tá sé le ceannach = It can/must be bought. (“It is to buy”)
é a cheannach = to buy it
Cad atá sé a cheannach? = What is he buying?
Cad atá le ceannach? = What can be bought?Examples per Buntas Ceacht 102
Le carr a cheannach, a stór. Translated as To buy a car, love.
Nach bhfaigheadh sé carr le ceannach sa bhaile mór anseo? Translated as Wouldn’t he get a car to buy in town here.
Examples per Buntas Ceacht 102
Le carr a cheannach, a stór. Translated as To buy a car, love.
Nach bhfaigheadh sé carr le ceannach sa bhaile mór anseo? Translated as Wouldn’t he get a car to buy in town here.
In the first phrase it means “in order to”, in order to buy a car
E.g. Tháinig mé anseo le carr a cheannach. – I came here (in order) to buy a car.
The second sentence means an opportunity
(Though the verb faigh is sufficient enough to denote an opportunity and “Nach bhfaigheadh sé carr a cheannach” means actually the same.)
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