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Irish grammar help

  • 17-05-2015 11:15am
    #1
    Peg14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭


    Not sure if this is the best place to post this but anyway

    I want to say - 'tourist areas'
    Just confused, is this Tuiseal Ginideach or is tourist in this case an adjective

    Thanks :)


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  • #2
    Broseph
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭Broseph


    Peg14 wrote: »
    Not sure if this is the best place to post this but anyway

    I want to say - 'tourist areas'
    Just confused, is this Tuiseal Ginideach or is tourist in this case an adjective

    Thanks :)

    Réimsí turasóireachta


  • #3
    Peg14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭Peg14


    Broseph wrote: »
    Réimsí turasóireachta

    Can you explain why that is please


  • #4
    Urethra Franklin
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Urethra Franklin


    Peg14 wrote: »
    Can you explain why that is please

    Area of the tourism, "of the tourism" is tourism in the genitive singular, governed by "area"

    Although without context I'm not sure if I agree with his translation. Réimse is like an abstract area or concept. Like when you say "I'm not a specialist in that area". If it's a physical area I'd go with "láthair/ceantar turasóireachta". Searching the different translations of "area" on tearma.ie gives an idea why.


  • #5
    Peg14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭Peg14


    Yeah I wouldn't use Réimse either
    So 'ceantair turasóireachta'
    Still though is that the genitive case then? I guess this is one for my Irish teacher tomorrow


  • #6
    Urethra Franklin
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Urethra Franklin


    Peg14 wrote: »
    Yeah I wouldn't use Réimse either
    So 'ceantair turasóireachta'
    Still though is that the genitive case then? I guess this is one for my Irish teacher tomorrow

    Ah, I get your original question, is turasóireachta an adjective or a noun in the genitive. Well, a use of nouns in the genitive is to make them adjectives on other nouns so it could be both! One small thing, if you're saying "ceantair" then it's thurasóireachta because ceantair ends in a slender consonant. You can find similar examples on focloir.ie such as tourist visa, tourist office etc.


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  • #7
    Peg14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭Peg14


    Urethra Franklin wrote: »
    Ah, I get your original question, is turasóireachta an adjective or a noun in the genitive. Well, a use of nouns in the genitive is to make them adjectives on other nouns so it could be both! One small thing, if you're saying "ceantair" then it's thurasóireachta because ceantair ends in a slender consonant. You can find similar examples on focloir.ie such as tourist visa, tourist office etc.

    Oh yes the 'h' forgot about that! Thanks for clearing all this up, will check out focloir.ie


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