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PostPosted: Mon 30 May 2016 12:55 pm 
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dia daoibh aríst.

Ba mhaith liom "I thought this new article would be one of the easiest things I have ever done"

I tried "Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is easca a rinne ariamh"

ang good?

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Cliathach wrote:
dia daoibh aríst.

Ba mhaith liom "I thought this new article would be one of the easiest things I have ever done"

I tried "Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is easca a rinne ariamh"

ang good?

GRMA


"Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is asca a rinne ariamh."


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Bríd Mhór wrote:
Cliathach wrote:
dia daoibh aríst.

Ba mhaith liom "I thought this new article would be one of the easiest things I have ever done"

I tried "Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is easca a rinne ariamh"

ang good?

GRMA


"Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is asca a rinne ariamh."


Cén fáth "is héasca"?


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Labhrás wrote:
Bríd Mhór wrote:
Cliathach wrote:
dia daoibh aríst.

Ba mhaith liom "I thought this new article would be one of the easiest things I have ever done"

I tried "Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is easca a rinne ariamh"

ang good?

GRMA


"Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is asca a rinne ariamh."


Cén fáth "is héasca"?


Níl fhíos agam. B'fhéidir nach ndeirtear ach amháin i gConamara é. Ní bhíonn mise in ann gramadach a mhiniú.


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 Post subject: Re: Cheap mé...
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Cén fáth "is héasca"?

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Maybe to help to keep the "s" in "is" as a true "s", because otherwise it might be lenited in fast speech and the meaning might not be clear to the listener?

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Bríd Mhór wrote:
Labhrás wrote:
Bríd Mhór wrote:
"Cheap mé go mbeadh an t-alt nua seo i measc na rudaí is asca a rinne ariamh."


Cén fáth "is héasca"?


Níl fhíos agam. B'fhéidir nach ndeirtear ach amháin i gConamara é. Ní bhíonn mise in ann gramadach a mhiniú.


Mmh, I think there are two forms,
1) the adverb éasca used with copula in fronting
E.g. Rinne mé go héasca … -> Is (go) héasca a rinne mé … = Easily I did …
Here the particle go is usually omitted but h is often retained in speech: Is héasca a rinne mé …

2) the adjective éasca used with copula, e.g. as a superative form
E.g. an rud is éasca = the easiest thing
Here I wouldn't expect an h.


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 Post subject: Re: Cheap mé...
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Cliathach wrote:

"...would be one of the easiest things..."


...go mbeadh sé ar na rudaí is éasca...

Edit: D'fhéadfaí da ndéarna seachas a rinne a rá.


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CaoimhínSF wrote:
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Cén fáth "is héasca"?

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Níl fhíos agam. B'fhéidir nach ndeirtear ach amháin i gConamara é. Ní bhíonn mise in ann gramadach a mhiniú


Maybe to help to keep the "s" in "is" as a true "s", because otherwise it might be lenited in fast speech and the meaning might not be clear to the listener?


Maybe that's where I got lost, in fast speech. As I know "is éasca" is hard to say, it does sound more like two vowels coming together. On second thoughts though I think we pronounce it more like as if it were written "i séasca" the S going with the second word.


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