Irish Word a Day - Gránna - Ugly

re: Irish Word a Day - Gránna - Ugly

Gearoid — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:49:38 GMT

the preposition 'ag' does mean 'to have'

agam

agat

aige

aici

againn

agaibh

acu

Tá punt agam = I have a pound

agam can also mean you have the ability to do something

Tá Gaeilge aige = (he has Irish) he can speak irish

Tá snámh agam = i can swim

Tá tiomáint agam = i can drive

Tá ceist agam ort= i have a question (on you) for you

Tá carr dearg agat = you have a red car

Gearóid

faberm — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:41:18 GMT

Rebecca, you are right. There is no "to have" in Irish. You have to say

"stands ______________ at me/at you/at him/at her/at we/at you pl/at they.

agam aginn

agat agibh

aige/aici acu

I think,

FaberM

Tá madadh gránna agam. ( Stands (a) dog ugly at me.)

Rebecca — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:50:01 GMT

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think:

aici = at her (preposition "ag" (at) combined with personal pronoun)

To say "have" in Irish, don't you have to say that an object is "at" someone?

(Literally translated, the sentence would read: "An ugly dog is at her.")

Is this correct??

Just busy trying to learn this rule at the mo!

pjterrylaw — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:43:37 GMT

aici - what does that mean?