Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:38 pm
Nach e do bheatha?miguel wrote:Tha thu ceart, tapadh leat !
Fòram na Gàidhlig
Coimhearsneachd airson ionnsachadh is leasachadh na Gàidhlig.
https://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/
Is "ann" necessary in this sentence ?
Page 2 of 2
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:36 pm
Miguel, I understand where your confusion about tadhal comes from. The British English differentiates between a agreed upon visit = visit and a stopping by, surprise visit = call on . The call does not mean to call somebody.
Do you mind if I'm calling on you?
Most likely I am already standing at the door.
Do you mind if I'm calling you?
Here I mean to give someone a ring / phone someone.
Ann:
ann is the preposition in, and ann is also the compound preposition in it.
The Gaelic likes using compound prepositions and adjectives to convey movement and position. The 'ann' conveys the position in being, Something is in being. Only when transferred to English or other Germanic languager 'ann' becomes "there is".
My dà sgillinn worth
Do you mind if I'm calling on you?
Most likely I am already standing at the door.
Do you mind if I'm calling you?
Here I mean to give someone a ring / phone someone.
Ann:
ann is the preposition in, and ann is also the compound preposition in it.
The Gaelic likes using compound prepositions and adjectives to convey movement and position. The 'ann' conveys the position in being, Something is in being. Only when transferred to English or other Germanic languager 'ann' becomes "there is".
My dà sgillinn worth