Cliathach wrote:
dia daoibh a chairde,
''Uile'' always seems to crop up in articles I read. Is there a particular time you use it or is it interchangeable with ''gach'' ? Could you say ''uile dhuine'' instead of ''gach duine''? also I've seen both together quite a bit ''gach uile rud'' is it just an emphasiser in this case?
GRMA
I’d think:
an uile dhuine = gach uile dhuine = chuile dhuine = gach duine (either article or gach is necessary with uile)
na huile dhaoine means
all people (rarely used)
an uile X can also mean
the whole X (gach or gach uile can’t), e.g. an uile mhaitheas
an X uile means always
the whole X, e.g. an tir uile
na X uile (X in plural) means
all X, e.g. na daoine uile, na naoimh uile.
Sin an scéal uile.