Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 09:29:28 +0100
From: Colin Mark <[email protected]>
Subject: Tip of the Week 44 About (4)
Tip of the Week 44 About (4)
'mu thimcheall' is a preposition,and is followed by a noun in the
gen. case.
1. About / around a place
Fhuair iad grùnn eun marbha mu thimcheall an taighe sa'
mhadainn.
They found a number of dead birds round the house in the
morning.
Bha iad ag� iasgach mu thimcheall cladaichean an Eilein
Sgiathanaich.
They were fishing around the shores of Skye.
As with most compound prepositions, a possessive adjective is used where
a personal pronoun is used in English.
Bha iad a' dannsadh 's a' leum mu m' thimcheall. (or 'mu mo
thimcheall')
They were dancing and leaping around me.
Tha móran eachdraidh mu ar timcheall an seo.
There is a lot of history round about us here.
Chuir e a ghàirdean mu timcheall.
He put his arms about her.
2. About / concerning.
Sgrìobh iad thugam mu thimcheall na ceiste seo.
They wrote to me about this problem.
Cha tuirt e facal riamh ri mhnaoi mu thimcheall sin.
He never said a word to his wife about that.
Cha robh aon duine a b' urrainn nì innse m'a thimcheall.
There was not one person who could tell anything about him.
Cailean
Am Marcair Dubh
Is i a' Ghàidhlig Cànan mo Dhùthcha.
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 17:39:21 +0300
From: Daniela and Jim Brown <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Tip of the Week 44 About (4)
Thanks once more to Colin for another clear and helpful tip of the week.
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There is just one thing I can't understand this time. Why is it:
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"Chuir e a ghàirdean mu timcheall.
He put his arms about her."
but:
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"Cha robh aon duine a b' urrainn n� innse m'a thimcheall
There was not one person who could tell anything about him." ?
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I can understand the lenition for "him" and not for "her", but not why "a" is omitted in the feminine example and joined to "mu" in the second.
Best wishes,
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Seumas
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