Genitive Case - Revision history

Jhchoi at 20:15, 6 September 2013

2013-09-06T20:15:10Z

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2013-09-06T20:12:14Z

Created page with 'The noun and its modifiers such as adjectives are marked with genetive case: :{| |Tha |mi |a' |sireadh |an |leabhair |hig |ghuirm]. |- |be.PRES.IND |1s |PROG |searching.VN |ART …'

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The noun and its modifiers such as adjectives are marked with genetive case:

:{|
|Tha
|mi
|a'
|sireadh
|an
|leabhair
|hig
|ghuirm].
|-
|be.PRES.IND
|1s
|PROG
|searching.VN
|ART
|book.GEN
|small.GEN
|blue.GEN
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I am looking for the small blue book.'
|}

When more than two nouns are combined together, the last noun gets genetive case:

:{|
|Doras
|na
|sgoile(adh)
|-
|door
|ART
|school.GEN
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The door of the school'

:{|
|Doras
|oifis
|ceannard
|na
|sgoile(adh)
|-
|door
|office
|head
|ART
|school.GEN
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The office door of the head of the school'

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 |colspan="2"| 'The office door of the head of the school'