Gaeilge Abú!

Anonymous asked: I have a question concerning the grammar of your "guth" infographic. I don't mean to be a jerk or anything, but when it said "agus faobhar ar a ghuth" and was translated as "with an edge to her voice," shouldn't the Irish have been "a guth" (*her* voice)? By my understanding, the way it is written right now, it would translate as "his voice". I do love your tumblr; I check it almost every day!

Maith thú! I just knew something was going to slip under my nose, I must’ve read over it five dozen times before posting it, and yet there you have it. I do appreciate you pointing it out, so please worry not about coming off as a jerk! Go raibh míle maith agat! 

Faoi

cuimhnigh-i-gconai:

Faoi is one of the more complicated points in Irish grammar, as it has various uses.

Root meaning: under, below

Pronominally:

1st sing: fúm                  1st pl: fuinn

2nd sing: fút                  2nd pl: fuibh

3rd sing m: faoi             3rd pl: fúthu

3rd sing f: fúithi

faoi an can be shortened to faoin

faoi na -> faoina

faoi ceilt- hidden

Used as ‘about’:

Cad faoi amáreach?

Used as ‘by, at, within’:

faoin am sin

faoin maidin

Used to express a state:

Bhí sé bhrú