"dhachaigh" , "aig an taigh" ?

Marie THOW · Unread post by **Marie THOW** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 7:46 pm

Hello,

"Tha e a' dol dhachaigh" or "Tha e a'dol aig an taigh"
Is there any difference?
Thank you very much for you help

Unread post by **akerbeltz** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:01 pm

The second one is just wrong. Or rather, it means something totally different. I doesn't mean he's going home(wards). It's conceivable that in the right context this might mean it is happening/going on at the house.
You can only use aig an taigh in the sense of "home" when you're talking about stationary position i.e. tha Màiri aig an taigh = Mary is at home (she's already there, not travelling to or from it)

Marie THOW · Unread post by **Marie THOW** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:29 pm

Ok thank you very much! That's now very clear!
tapadh leibh!

Unread post by **akerbeltz** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:09 pm

'S e do bheatha!

Marie THOW · Unread post by **Marie THOW** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:15 am

In fact, I'm always thinking about this.
If I understand well, there are some prepositions for the motion, and preposition for the stationnery.
in french we say "aller à l'école" (to go to school) and "travailler à la maison" (to work at home) with the same à but in gaelic I can use aig for "à" just without motion.
with motion I can say
"Tha mi a'dol dhan doras" or "Tha mi a'dol gus an doras"
That's correct?

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:44 am

dhachaigh is a special case -it's dhachaigh with motion and dachaigh without motion.

the difference bewteen do and gu is more sublte, since both of them mean motion. Thinks of do as "to and into".

Marie THOW · Unread post by **Marie THOW** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:03 am

Ok, tapadh leibh!
It seems more complicated that I was thinking

i suppose I will understanding more all this subleties with time

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