{"id":3752,"date":"2023-03-16T14:28:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2023-03-16T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:30:10","slug":"3752","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/archives\/3752","title":{"rendered":"But it has more than one word for the."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gaelic may have no word for a, but it has more than one word for the. The word the in English<br \/>\nis called the definite article.<br \/>\nMar eisimpleir:<br \/>\n<strong>am peann<\/strong> the pen,<strong><br \/>\nan r\u00f9ilear<\/strong> the ruler.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Choosing which the to use in Gaelic before a noun depends on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>whether the noun is feminine or masculine<\/li>\n<li>whether the noun is singular or plural<\/li>\n<li>which letter the noun starts with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The classroom objects you have been learning in this unit are all singular and masculine. Below are three words for <em>the<\/em> to use with masculine nouns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>am<\/strong> for nouns starting with <em>b, f, m, p<\/em> &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>am peansail<\/strong> the pencil<br \/>\n<strong>an t-<\/strong> for nouns starting with vowels &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>an t-aodach<\/strong> the clothes<br \/>\n<strong>an<\/strong> for nouns starting with any other letter &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>an leabhar<\/strong> the book<\/p>\n<p>If the noun is feminine, the word for the will be:<br \/>\n<strong>a\u2019<\/strong> for nouns starting with <em>b, c, g, m, p<\/em> &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>a\u2019 bhr\u00f2g<\/strong> the shoe<br \/>\n<strong>an (+h)<\/strong> for nouns starting with f &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>an fhreagairt<\/strong> the answer<br \/>\n<strong>an t-<\/strong> for nouns starting with sl, sn, sr, s + vowel &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>an t-sr\u00e0id<\/strong> the street<br \/>\n<strong>an<\/strong> for nouns starting with any other letter &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>an uinneag<\/strong> the window<\/p>\n<p>If the noun is plural, the word for <em>the<\/em> will be: <strong>na<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>na br\u00f2gan<br \/>\nna miotagan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaelic may have no word for a, but it has more than one word for the. The word the in English is called the definite article. Mar eisimpleir: am peann the pen, an r\u00f9ilear the ruler. Choosing which the to use in Gaelic before a noun depends on: whether the noun is feminine or masculine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/archives\/3752\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">But it has more than one word for the.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ceum-canain-language-steps","eportfolio_category-none"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3752"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3756,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752\/revisions\/3756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}