Irish Translation Forum

Hey all,

I'm moving from subjects to objects in my quest to find out more about Irish pronouns...

In an example like 'They saw the house on Wednesday, and bought it on Friday', do I need to repeat the object pronoun 'it' in Irish? So, should I say this?
Chonaic siad an teach Dé Céadaoin agus cheannaigh é Dé hAoine

or would this be acceptable?
Chonaic siad an teach Dé Céadaoin agus cheannaigh Dé hAoine

Go raibh maith agaibh

I think it would be: Chonaic siad an teach Dé Céadaoin agus cheannaigh siad é Dé hAoine

But I'm not sure, because I would say "Chonaic siad an teach ar an gCéadaoin agus cheannaigh siad é ar an Aoine", so I wouldn't be as comfortable with what I gave you, but it looks right to me anyway. Wait for more.

it's possible you could get away without the subject pronoun, although i wouldn't omit it myself, but i definitely think you need the object pronoun.
again wait on other opinion

nicolín wrote:Hey all,

I'm moving from subjects to objects in my quest to find out more about Irish pronouns...

In an example like 'They saw the house on Wednesday, and bought it on Friday', do I need to repeat the object pronoun 'it' in Irish? So, should I say this?
Chonaic siad an teach Dé Céadaoin agus cheannaigh é Dé hAoine

or would this be acceptable?
Chonaic siad an teach Dé Céadaoin agus cheannaigh Dé hAoine

Go raibh maith agaibh

It happens a lot in Munster Irish but not really in the example you have given for reasons I don't know. It happens more like..

Chuaigh sé go Londain agus nuair a bhí sé cáilithe (do) chuaigh go Meirice.

I don't know as I said why i wouldn't do it in your sentence. I'm not saying it is wrong but it sounds off.

Thanks, guys!