An diofar eadar na mùthaidhean a rinneadh air "Adjective Ordering"
(9 mùthaidhean eadar-mheadhanach le 1 chleachdaiche eile nach eil 9 'gan sealltainn) | |||
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− | Languages have a certain order in which you can attach adjectives to the noun they are describing. | + | Languages have a certain order in which you can attach adjectives to the noun they are describing. For example, in English, it sounds odd to a native speaker to talk about a *black beautiful big dog, whereas a ''beautiful big black dog'' is perfectly acceptable. In the same way, adjectives in Gaelic are attached in a certain order, as follows: |
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− | | [Noun] [Size] [Quality] [Colour] | + | | ['''Noun'''] ['''Size'''] ['''Quality'''] ['''Colour'''] |
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Loidhne 11: | Loidhne 11: | ||
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− | | cù mór brèagha dubh | + | | <span style="color: #008000;">cù mór brèagha dubh</span> |
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− | You can either remember the order that way or think of it that way: size goes closest to the noun, colour furthest away. | + | You can either remember the order that way or think of it that way: because size matters, size goes closest to the noun, and because love sees no colour, colour is furthest away. But it doesn't matter which way you remember it as long as you remember it. |
− | Here | + | Here are more examples: |
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− | | caileag mhór laghach ruadh | + | | <span style="color: #008000;">caileag mhór laghach ruadh</span> |
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| girl big nice red-haired | | girl big nice red-haired | ||
Loidhne 29: | Loidhne 29: | ||
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− | | càr beag saor uaine | + | | <span style="color: #008000;">càr beag saor uaine</span> |
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| car small cheap green | | car small cheap green | ||
Loidhne 37: | Loidhne 37: | ||
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− | + | These aren't ironclad rules, in case someone was going to email in with <span style="color: #008000;">nighean donn bhòidheach</span>. They're more like strong guidelines although I suspect that our <span style="color: #008000;">nighean donn bhòidheach</span> may be muddled due to the fact that the composer of this song wanted it to rhyme with the next few lines! | |
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Am mùthadh mu dheireadh on 13:38, 3 dhen Lùnastal 2019
Languages have a certain order in which you can attach adjectives to the noun they are describing. For example, in English, it sounds odd to a native speaker to talk about a *black beautiful big dog, whereas a beautiful big black dog is perfectly acceptable. In the same way, adjectives in Gaelic are attached in a certain order, as follows:
[Noun] [Size] [Quality] [Colour] |
So our canine friend would be described as:
cù mór brèagha dubh |
You can either remember the order that way or think of it that way: because size matters, size goes closest to the noun, and because love sees no colour, colour is furthest away. But it doesn't matter which way you remember it as long as you remember it.
Here are more examples:
caileag mhór laghach ruadh |
girl big nice red-haired |
a nice tall red haired girl |
càr beag saor uaine |
car small cheap green |
a cheap small green car |
These aren't ironclad rules, in case someone was going to email in with nighean donn bhòidheach. They're more like strong guidelines although I suspect that our nighean donn bhòidheach may be muddled due to the fact that the composer of this song wanted it to rhyme with the next few lines!
Beagan gràmair | ||||||||||||
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