some simple phrases and questions with Cé
Dear all Irish speakers!
Help me, please : could you correct my next translations?
You are not an animal - Ní ainmhí thú. (Is it thú or tú here? Do I have to make lenition in this case?)
Paul is a man name. - Is Pól ainm don fhear. (Is the order of words right here? Need I put something between Pól and ainm?)
You help me. - Cabhraíonn tú mé. (Do I have to use dom instead of mé?)
And some questions with Cé question word:
Questions to use Is copula:
Who am I? - Cé mé?
Who are you? - Cé tú/sibh?
Who is he? - Cé hé?
Who is she? - Cé hí?
Who are we? -Cé muid?
Who are they? - Cé hiad?
Who likes some chocolate? - Cé hé maith le seacláid?
Questions to use Tá:
Who has a pet? - Cé atá peata ag?
Who runs now? - Cé atá ag rith?
Who is happy? - Cé atá áthas ar?
Who has shoes? - Cé atá bróga ar?
Who must swim? - Cé atá ar snámh?
Who wants a cat? - Cé atá cat ó?
Who wants to swim? - Cé atá ó snámh?
Who trusts me? - Cé atá muinín agam as?
Who intends to listen it? - Cé atá faoi éisteacht sin?
Who is thankful to me? - Cé atá buíoch díom?
A question with Bí:
Who is running? - Cé a bíonn ag rith?
Some questions with different verbs:
Who says? - Cé a deir?
Who speaks Irish? - Cé a labhraíonn Gaeilge?
Who need the book? - Cé a teastaíonn an leabhar ó?
Who need to read? - Cé a teastaíonn ó léann?
Who likes cat? - Cé a taitníonn cait?
Who helps him? - Cé a cabhraíonn dó?
Who listens to us? - Cé a éisteann linn?
Who saves you? - Cé a sábhálann sibh?
Who thinks about it? - Cé a ceapann faoi sin?
Who call me? - Cé a glaonn orm?
Who puts his coat on it? - Cé a cuireann sé a chóta air?
Who meets with you? - Cé a buaileann leat?
Who waits for me? - Cé a fanann mé?
Who grows when he eats fruits? - Cé a fásann nuair a itheann sé torthaí?
Who takes the hats out of us? - Cé a baineann na hataí dínn?
(Sorry If I have made mistakes in English phrases too :) I will be thankful for their correction as well!!!)
Thank you very much!
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You are not an animal - Ní ainmhí thú. (Is it thú or tú here? Do I have to make lenition in this case?) I think you can use either tú or thú here, but to me thú sounds better.
Paul is a man name. - Is Pól ainm don fhear. (Is the order of words right here? Need I put something between Pól and ainm?) Your Irish sentence talks about a definite man: "The man's name is Paul/Paul is the man's name", which would be: Is é Pól ainm an fhir/Is é Pól an t-ainm don fhear/Is é Pól an t-ainm atá ar an fhear. If what you meant was "Paul is a man's name" (i.e. "Paul is a male/masculine name"), then it should be Is ainm fir é Pól or Is ainm firinscneach é Pól.
You help me. - Cabhraíonn tú mé. (Do I have to use dom instead of mé?) The verb cabhraigh takes the preposition le: Cabhraíonn tú liom.
And some questions with Cé question word:
Questions to use Is copula:
Who am I? - Cé mé? Usually the emphatic form of the pronoun would be used here: Cé mise?
Who are you? - Cé tú/sibh? Cé thusa/sibhse?
Who is he? - Cé hé? Cé hé sin/seo? sounds more natural, but Cé heisean? is also fine.
Who is she? - Cé hí? likewise, Cé hí sin/seo? or Cé hise?
Who are we? -Cé muid? Cé muidne?
Who are they? - Cé hiad? Cé hiadsan?
Who likes some chocolate? - Cé hé maith le seacláid? Cé ar maith leis seacláid? or Cé leis ar maith seacláid? here you need to use the indirect relative.
Paul is a man name. - Is Pól ainm don fhear. (Is the order of words right here? Need I put something between Pól and ainm?) Your Irish sentence talks about a definite man: "The man's name is Paul/Paul is the man's name", which would be: Is é Pól ainm an fhir/Is é Pól an t-ainm don fhear/Is é Pól an t-ainm atá ar an fhear. If what you meant was "Paul is a man's name" (i.e. "Paul is a male/masculine name"), then it should be Is ainm fir é Pól or Is ainm firinscneach é Pól.
You help me. - Cabhraíonn tú mé. (Do I have to use dom instead of mé?) The verb cabhraigh takes the preposition le: Cabhraíonn tú liom.
And some questions with Cé question word:
Questions to use Is copula:
Who am I? - Cé mé? Usually the emphatic form of the pronoun would be used here: Cé mise?
Who are you? - Cé tú/sibh? Cé thusa/sibhse?
Who is he? - Cé hé? Cé hé sin/seo? sounds more natural, but Cé heisean? is also fine.
Who is she? - Cé hí? likewise, Cé hí sin/seo? or Cé hise?
Who are we? -Cé muid? Cé muidne?
Who are they? - Cé hiad? Cé hiadsan?
Who likes some chocolate? - Cé hé maith le seacláid? Cé ar maith leis seacláid? or Cé leis ar maith seacláid? here you need to use the indirect relative.
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Some questions with different verbs:
Who says? - Cé a deir? correct
Who speaks Irish? - Cé a labhraíonn Gaeilge? correct
Who need the book? - Cé a teastaíonn an leabhar ó? Cé uaidh a dteastaíonn an leabhar? or Cé a dteastaíonn an leabhar uaidh?
Who need to read? - Cé a teastaíonn ó léann? Cé uaidh a dteastaíonn léamh? or Cé a dteastaíonn uaidh léamh?
Who likes cat? - Cé a taitníonn cait? Cé leis a dtaitníonn cait? or Cé a dtaitníonn cait leis?
Who helps him? - Cé a chabhraíonn dó leis?
Who listens to us? - Cé a éisteann linn? correct
Who saves you? - Cé a shábhálann sibh?
Who thinks about it? - Cé a ceapann smaoiníonn faoi sin? For thinking about something use smaoinigh; ceap is used in phrases like "I think that...", "I think so"
Who call me? - Cé a ghlaonn orm?
Who puts his coat on it? - Cé a chuireann sé a chóta air?
Who meets with you? - Cé a bhuaileann leat?
Who waits for me? - Cé a fhanann mé liom?
Who grows when he eats fruits? - Cé a fhásann nuair a itheann sé torthaí?
Who takes the hats out of us? - Cé a bhaineann na hataí dínn? This means "Who takes the hats off us?"; whereas "Who takes the hats out of us?" (whatever that might mean!) would be Cé a bhaineann na hataí asainn?
Remember that the relative particle a causes séimhiú (lenition) in the direct relative, and urú (eclipsis) in the indirect relative. I think the indirect relative may be something that you need to study.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
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Questions to use Tá:
Who has a pet? - Cé atá peata ag? Cé aige a bhfuil peata? or Cé a bhfuil peata aige? here you need to use the indirect relative.
Who runs now? - Cé atá ag rith? correct
Who is happy? - Cé atá áthas ar? Cé air a bhfuil áthas? or Cé a bhfuil áthas air?
Who has shoes? - Cé atá bróga ar? Cé air a bhfuil bróga? or Cé a bhfuil bróga air?
Who must swim? - Cé atá ar snámh? Cé a bhfuil air snámh? (Cé atá ar snámh? means "Who is floating?")
Who wants a cat? - Cé atá cat ó? Cé uaidh a bhfuil cat? or Cé a bhfuil cat uaidh?
Who wants to swim? - Cé atá ó snámh? I wouldn't use this construction with a verb as the object, it would be better to say Cé atá ag iarraidh snámh? or Cé ar mhaith leis snámh?
Who trusts me? - Cé atá muinín agam as? Cé a bhfuil muinín agam as? or Cé as a bhfuil muinín agam?
Who intends to listen it? - Cé atá faoi éisteacht sin? Cé a bhfuil faoi éisteacht leis sin? or Cé faoi a bhfuil éisteacht leis sin?
Who is thankful to me? - Cé atá buíoch díom? correct
A question with Bí:
Who is running? - Cé a bhíonn ag rith?
Who has a pet? - Cé atá peata ag? Cé aige a bhfuil peata? or Cé a bhfuil peata aige? here you need to use the indirect relative.
Who runs now? - Cé atá ag rith? correct
Who is happy? - Cé atá áthas ar? Cé air a bhfuil áthas? or Cé a bhfuil áthas air?
Who has shoes? - Cé atá bróga ar? Cé air a bhfuil bróga? or Cé a bhfuil bróga air?
Who must swim? - Cé atá ar snámh? Cé a bhfuil air snámh? (Cé atá ar snámh? means "Who is floating?")
Who wants a cat? - Cé atá cat ó? Cé uaidh a bhfuil cat? or Cé a bhfuil cat uaidh?
Who wants to swim? - Cé atá ó snámh? I wouldn't use this construction with a verb as the object, it would be better to say Cé atá ag iarraidh snámh? or Cé ar mhaith leis snámh?
Who trusts me? - Cé atá muinín agam as? Cé a bhfuil muinín agam as? or Cé as a bhfuil muinín agam?
Who intends to listen it? - Cé atá faoi éisteacht sin? Cé a bhfuil faoi éisteacht leis sin? or Cé faoi a bhfuil éisteacht leis sin?
Who is thankful to me? - Cé atá buíoch díom? correct
A question with Bí:
Who is running? - Cé a bhíonn ag rith?
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