Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

Scríobh mé do mo ghrá ach níor clúdach litreach agam.

I would have guessed that 'clúdach' would become 'an chlúdach'.  Can anyone explain why it's not?

Go raibh maith agat - ta me ag foghlaim

Hi uvagirl,

Cad e mar ata tú? Tá súil agam go bhfuil tú go maith!

Clúdach stays as 'an clúdach' because it is a masculine noun.

Masculine nouns don't aspirate after 'an' on its own, just the femine nouns do.

Fear = an fear

Bean = an bhean

but if 'an' and a preposition ('leis' for example) come together nouns of both gender are aspirated if the consonant can be aspirated.

for example

fear - an fear - leis an fhear

bean - an bhean - leis an bhean

I hope this helps

Gerard

leis an

A Gerard, a chara

Tá mé go maith! Cad e mar ata tú?

Thanks for the lesson on masculine/feminine, and the response to my other question, about pink shirts. I studied up, and I've learned a little, but didn't see anything about the preposition/aspiration connection in the beginner texts I looked over. I hope I won't repeat this mistake, but if/when I do, I hope you'll catch me!

GRMA!

ps: Laura is ainm dom.

Dia Duit a Laura!

I hope you don't think i am trying to correct you, i dont like to come across like that. Just trying to help you more than anything :) hope thats ok

Gerard

Dia Duit a Gerard!

I'm ever so grateful for your help! You + this site are helping me get my feet wet (I wonder if there's a similar saying in Irish?) and I am really looking forward to continuing to learn. I look forward to my Focal an Lae e-mail each morning :) GRMA, as usual, for your help!

Best,

Laura

A Laura,

Cad é mar atá an saol agat - i can't think of an exact translation for getting feet wet although you could say,

'Tá mé ag dul i dtaithí ar...'  = 'I am becoming accustomed to...'

I can't think of any sayings as such at the moment unfortunately :)

Gerard