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Bheadh sé, nó Bheifí

  • 23-08-2006 8:39pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 541 ✭✭✭


    San abairt seo: Bheadh sé sin i bhfad níos éasca.
    agus
    Bheifí sin i bhfad níos éasca.

    An bhfuil an ceart ag "Bheadh sé" nó "Bheifí" a bheith in úsáid anseo.


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Is docha gur é "Bheadh sé" an rud ceart


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 541 ✭✭✭GaryOR


    grma a Sheáin, A'bhfuil a fhios agat cén t-am a bheadh sé ceart Bheifí a úsáid in abairt nó frása


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Ní docha gur feidir liom cur síos a dhéanamh air as gaeilge, ach as bearla:

    The "Bheifí" is the impersonal form of the verb in the conditional tense, and it is used when there is no subject in the sentence.

    eg.
    one could say: "John threw the ball in", in that case John is the subject.
    Alternatively, using the impersonal, one says "The ball was thrown in", note the lack of subject.

    It is the exact same difference between Bheadh sé and Bheifí, although using the impersonal for the verb Bí is next to impossible, I cannot recall having ever used it, nor am I able to think of a scenario in which its usage would be correct, save using it to represent "One" ("one would be most displeased" the royal treatment) but i don't think this is used at all in Irish. However for all other verbs, it is entirely usable.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 541 ✭✭✭GaryOR


    gura míle maith agat arís a Sheáin

    Ach tá sé fós ag cur isteach orm.

    An d'fhéadfá an abairt seo thíos a cheartú más gá?
    dá dtiocfaí na moltaí isteach an bhliain seo

    agus an ceann seo thíos chomh maith:
    nuair a gheofar Maigh Eo an lámh in uachtar

    An mbeadh Maigh Eo ina "subject"???


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Ní feidir iadsan a rá is doigh,
    ní mor "da dtiocfadh" agus "nuair a gheofadh" a rá


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