More beginners questions.....

flynnboy

Hi

Would you mind telling me how I would say the following ????

Shall we go to the ceilidh next week?
Do you want to go to the ceilidh next week ? (are those two the same ?)
Did you go to the ceilidh last week?
I went to the ceilidh last week.
I am going to the ceilidh next week

I appreciate your help !

Ceilteach

flynnboy wrote: »

Hi

Would you mind telling me how I would say the following ????

Shall we go to the ceilidh next week?
Do you want to go to the ceilidh next week ? (are those two the same ?)
Did you go to the ceilidh last week?
I went to the ceilidh last week.
I am going to the ceilidh next week

I appreciate your help !

An rachaimid go dtí an céilí an tseachtain seo chugainn?
An dteastaíonn uait dul chuig an gcéilí an tseachtain seo chugainn?
An ndeachaigh tú chun an chéilí an tseachtain seo chaite?
Chuaigh mé chuig an gcéilí an tseachtain seo chaite
Táim ag dul chun an chéilí an tseachtain seo chugainn?

Note that "go dtí", "chuig" and "chun" are used for to but that "chun" takes the tuiseal ginideach and that "chuig" takes an urú

flynnboy

Ceilteach

Thanks for that. If you can be bothered would you indulge my ignorant questions a little more?

Do you want to go to the ceilidh next week ?

Why isn't that:

An bfuill bheith maith leat go dtí dul chuig an céilí an tseachtain seo chugainn? (I know you'll probably tell me it's total nonesense )

An dteastaíonn uait dul chuig an gcéilí an tseachtain seo chugainn?

Can you break down......dteastaíonn uait dul chuig I've not heard those words before - how is the first one pronounced?

Go raibh maith agat

Atavan-Halen

It's just bad grammar really and yes doesn't really make sense :P
Teastaionn means to like so an dteastaionn uait means would you like. The "an" at the beginning making it a question. and dul chuig means go to.

And pronuncialtion - dahs-teen

flynnboy

atavan-halen wrote: »

It's just bad grammar really and yes doesn't really make sense :P
Teastaionn means to like so an dteastaionn uait means would you like. The "an" at the beginning making it a question. and dul chuig means go to.

And pronuncialtion - dahs-teen

Ah well, I gave it a try....I'm not that much further than my days and weeks and discussing the weather at the moment - at a push :rolleyes:

What is 'uait'

For 'like' I've been taught e.g. to ask someone if they would 'like' something you say An maith leat........ and to say yes it's 'is maith liom' - I haven't come across Teastaionn yet.

Micilin Muc

flynnboy wrote: »

For 'like' I've been taught e.g. to ask someone if they would 'like' something you say An maith leat........ and to say yes it's 'is maith liom' - I haven't come across Teastaionn yet.

Would you like a cup of tea? - Ar mhaith leat cupán tae?
Yes - Ba mhaith
No - Níor mhaith

Do you like a cup of tea? - An maith leat cupán tae?
Yes - Is maith
No - Ní maith

Teastaigh does not mean to like, it means to need, and it must be used with the preposition ó plus a noun or pronoun, for example:

Teastaíonn cupán tae ó Chiarán - Ciarán needs a cup of tea.

or

Teastaíonn cupán tae uaidh - He needs a cup of tea.

flynnboy

Ceilteach wrote: »

An rachaimid go dtí an céilí an tseachtain seo chugainn?
An dteastaíonn uait dul chuig an gcéilí an tseachtain seo chugainn?
An ndeachaigh tú chun an chéilí an tseachtain seo chaite?
Chuaigh mé chuig an gcéilí an tseachtain seo chaite
Táim ag dul chun an chéilí an tseachtain seo chugainn?

Note that "go dtí", "chuig" and "chun" are used for to but that "chun" takes the tuiseal ginideach and that "chuig" takes an urú

So is this wrong ?

Micilin Muc

flynnboy wrote: »

So is this wrong ?

No, that's all correct.

Ceilteach

Couple of things;
1. There's no such thing as an ignorant question so keep 'em coming
2. Beware of the Internet, as Michilin Muc pointed out above about the verb "teastaigh", it means "need" or in some contexts "want".