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Make me wonder… since you often use ó in Munster to say where something/someone comes from, why don’t you ask “Cad uaidh tú” instead of “Cad as tú/duit” ? 🙂

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“Is as X dom(h)” does exist though (I was taught it in the university and my teacher wasn’t the kind if man who teaches nonsense), but I don’t know where. Maybe in Ulster?

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An rud nach féidir leis maireachtáil go deo, ní mhairfidh sé.

Ulster: An rud nach dtig leis mairstint go deo, cha mhaireann sé.

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I guess they use “go” there by analogy with many conjunctions like “cionn is go”, “mar go”, “toisc go” etc.

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I think the sentence with “a” is more standard. But there are people who write in standard Irish and that are influenced by Munster Irish so they may use “go” there.

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Scríobh mé sin cheana féin.

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it but I’m sure there are different dialects that say it differently.

aye, in Ulster: cad chuighe a rabh sí ann? or tuighe a rabh sí ann?
in Connemara I guess: cén fáth a rabh sí ann? (Brid, correct me if I’m wrong 🙂 )

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I’m hoping that somebody can help me with a few Grammer queries that have been bugging me. I will try to keep it simple.

1.Is the genitive of ‘Teanga’ unchanged (Teanga) or does it become ‘Teangan’? I have seen both written.

“Teangan” is the Munster genitive of “teanga”.
Ulster has “teangaidh” in the nominative and “teangtha” in the genitive.
I guess Connachta has “teanga” for both nominative and genitive, as in the standard.

2.This query is related to the indirect particle ‘go’ and the relative pronoun ‘a’

I understand how both work generally speaking :

Dúirt sí go raibh sí ann. (indirect speech)

Seo í an bhean a raibh a mac san ospidéal. (indirect relative pronoun)

My query is in relation to ‘questions’. I have seen questions written using both the above particles :

Cén fáth go raibh sí ann?/ Cén fáth go ndúirt sí é?

Cén fáth a raibh sí ann?/ Cén fáth a ndúirt sí é?

Is this just a common error or can both particles be interchanged this way?

It’s not an error, it’s a matter of dialect. I think using “go” there is more Munster, and “a” is more Ulster and Connachta. (but your sentences are standardised Munster, because normally, they say “cad ina thaobh” to say “why” in Munster).

3.
Gender in identifying

Is í an Ghaeilge an t-ábhar is fearr liom.

The í is referring to ‘Gaeilge’, but why is it not written : Is é an Ghaeilge an t-ábhar is fearr liom , ‘e’ referring to ‘ábhar’.

The subject of the sentence is “an Ghaeilge”. “An t-ábhar is fearr liom” is the predicate. The pronoun after “is” must agree with the subject, so you’d have “is í an Ghaeilge….”

4.
I have seen ‘ag imirt iomána’ and ‘ag imirt iománaíochta’ written. I have been told ‘iomána’ is correct. Where would one use the genitive of the noun ‘iomanaíocht’ (iománaíochta) over the verbal noun?

I’d say you can say both, iomána is the genitive of “iomáint”. According to my dictionary, both “iomáint” and “iománaíocht” mean “hurling”.

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Nil’s agam, shuiteail mé an clo a moladh ar thread eile don fhoram seo.

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Nuair a scriobhann tusa th, dh, mar shompla, ni hiad na foirmeacha Gaelacha a bios ann ach t Romhanach agus ponc os a chionn, agud d Romhanach agus ponc os a chionn. Caithfidh go bhfuil fadhb ineacht ann… Agus ta an clo ceart suiteailte ar mo riomhaire ina dhiaidh sin.

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It doesn’t work here, what you wrote there was all in Clo Gaelach.

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Can the differences between “is” and “tá” be better explained in regard to usage?

“Is” is used to link nouns and pronouns together (pronouns with pronouns, nouns with nouns, pronouns with nouns), ie. to say what or who someone or something is.
“Tá” is used to link nouns and pronouns with adjectives, places etc, ie. to say how or where someone/something is or what it is like.

The so-called rule about permanent/non-permanent state has so many exceptions that it isn’t useful to learn it… The use of tá or is depends on what kind of words you link together (nouns/pronouns, adjectives etc) and not on the meaning.

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Fáilte romhat agus comhghairdeachas 🙂

Táim i mo chónaí i gCarolina Theas sa Stáit Aontaithe.

sna Stáit Aontaithe.

Tá mo fhear céile agus mé in ár gcónaí

Tá mé féin agus m’fhear céile inár gcónaí

cistin mór amháin,

cistin mhór

agus seomra suí beag ag an teach.

sa teach (ag an teach means “at the house” or that the house owns these rooms)

Tá trí cat agus ceithre frog crainn agam.

Tá trí chat agus ceithre fhroga chrainn agam.

Tá Salem cat dubh, tá Sweeny cat liath agus bán, agus tá Lovey cat liath rua agus bán.

Is cat dubh Salem, is cat liath agus bán Sweeny, agus is cat liath agus bán Lovey.

Tá trí frog glasa agus tá frog amháin donn.

Tá trí fhroga ghlasa agus froga donn amháin agam.
or if you mean “there are 3 green frogs and one brown frog, then:
Tá trí fhroga glas agus tá frog amháin donn.

Tá madra ag mo fhear céile.

Tá madra ag m’fhear céile.

Tá sé madra bán agus dubh.

Is madra bán agus dubh é.

Is Pitbull é ach tá sé madra deas.

Is Pitbull é ach is madra deas é.

Cad dathanna atá orthu?

Cad é an dath atá orthu?

Is maith liom gúnaí agus geansaithe á chaitheamh agam ach go hannamh,

Is maith liom gúnaí agus geansaithe a chaitheamh amanna

ach is maith liom t-léine agus jíons (bríste géine) á chaitheamh agam go minic.

… a chaitheamh go minic.

Cathain oibreann sibh?

Cathain a oibríonn sibhse?

Cá n-oibríonn sibhse?

Tá ag obair anois ach tá leadrán orm.

Tá mé ag obair anois ach tá leadrán orm.

An scríobhaim é seo ceart?

iontach maith 🙂

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Níl mé cinnte gur thuig mé sin 🙂

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Seadh!
Is teangthacha tatúnnaí na teangthacha Ceilteacha feasta… 🙁

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