some questions with Cé - part 2
Hi!
Here I would like to continue to make questions with “Cé” question word. I have made some new phrases. Could you, please, check them?
Cé a mbeireann é seo? - Who bears it?
Cé a gcloiseann é? - Who hears him?
Cé a chloiseann sé? - Whom does he hear?
Cé a ndéanann na plátaí seo? - Who makes these plates?
Cé a itheann bricfeasta? - Who eats breakfast
Cé a bhfaigheann na nuachtáin? - Who gets the newspapers?
Cé a bhfeiceann féileacán? - Who sees a butterfly?
Cé a fheiceann an féileacán? - Whom does the butterfly see?
Cé a dtagann dom ar maidin? - Who comes to me in the morning?
Cé a dtugann an bia dom? - Who gives me food?
Cé a thugaim an bia dó? - Whom do I give food to? (Here I am lost even with the English phrase... :) )
Cé a dtéann timpeall na leabharlainne? - Who goes around the library?
Cé a gcodlaíonn sa leaba seo? - Who sleeps in this bed?
Cé a bhfreagraíonn? - Who answers?
Cé a dtaitníonn? - Who shines?
Cé a imríonn? - Who plays?
Cé a mbailíonn leabhair? - Who collects books?
Cé a osclaíonn an nuachtán? - Who opens the newspaper?
Cé a insíonn an scéal? - Who tell the story?
Cé a oibríonn leis an bhfear? - Who works with the man?
Cé a gceannaíonn bia? - Who buy food?
Cé a athraíonn leabhair? - Who changes books?
Go raibh maith agaibh! :)
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It seems you're still having some trouble with the forms of direct and indirect relative. Rather than correcting this, I will explain the rules to you and let you have another try.
If the antecedent (the word which the relative clause refers back to - in the case of questions beginning with cé, cé is the antecedent) is the subject or direct object of the verb ("the dog which sees the cat"; "the dog which the cat sees"), then the direct relative is used. The direct relative is introduced by the particle a which causes lenition:
An madadh a fheiceann an cat = "The dog which sees the cat" or "The dog which the cat sees"
An madadh a fheiceann é = "The dog which sees him"
An madadh a fheiceann sé = "The dog which he sees"
Cé a fheiceann an madadh? = "Who does the dog see?" or "Who sees the dog?"
Cé a fheiceann sé? = "Who does he see?"
Cé a fheiceann é? = "Who sees him?"
If the antecedent is the indirect object of the verb, or if it relates to the verb through another preposition ("the dog which the cat looks at") or through a genitive ("the dog whose owner sees the cat", "the dog whose dinner the cat sees"), then the indirect relative is used. The indirect relative is introduced by the particle a which causes eclipsis (in the past tense the particle is ar and causes lenition):
An madadh a n-amharcann an cat air = "The dog which the cat looks at" (but An madadh a amharcann ar an chat is a direct relative)
An madadh a bhfeiceann a úinéir an cat = "The dog whose owner sees the cat"
An madadh a bhfeiceann an cat a dhinnéar = "The dog whose dinner the cat sees"
Cé a n-amharcann an cat air? = "Who does the cat look at?"
Cé a bhfeiceann a úinéir an cat? = "Whose owner sees the cat?"
Cé a bhfeiceann an cat a dhinnéar? = "Whose dinner does the cat see?"
I hope that is a bit clearer now. Now try having a look through your sentences again and post your own corrections here, then I'll have a look to see how you did.
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