This is my Scottish Gaelic thread. I'm trying to learn this beautiful (as beautiful as Irish Gaelic) language. I'll do some exercises

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Sectori will be able to give you a definitive answer, but as I understand the rule, this is true when the noun is definite but not when it's indefinite. So:Aisling wrote:Does the object of the present progressive have to be in genitive (like in Irish)?
linguoboy wrote:Sectori will be able to give you a definitive answer, but as I understand the rule, this is true when the noun is definite but not when it's indefinite. So:Aisling wrote:Does the object of the present progressive have to be in genitive (like in Irish)?
Tha i a' fosgladh an dorais. "She's opening the door."
BUT: Tha i a' fosglad doras. "She's opening a door."
Compare this to (Standard) Irish:
Tá sí ag oscailt an dorais.
Tá sí ag oscailt dorais. (BUT: Tá sí ag oscailt doras éalaithe. "She's opening an emergency door.")
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