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LastNash · "New Arrival" Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 7

Does scannán, the singular noun of film(movie) correctly represent the overall art/idea of film as it does in english?

For example, you can be discussing Jurassic Park and say "I love that film," referring to the particular one and a film buff could say he "loves film," as in the whole idea/art of film.

Thanks again.

Aibigéal

It depends. Not entirely.

You can refer to an scannán as a form (like "the novel" or "the sonnet" in English) but not the whole industry/art. That's scannanaíocht.

For example, I'd say:
Is fear mór scannán é.
He's a film buff (lit. "he's a great man for films.")

but:
Chuaigh sé leis an scannánaíocht mar shlí bheatha.
He went into film/the cinema/filmmaking as a career.
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LastNash · "New Arrival" Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 7

So, if I wanted to say that the best things in life are love, logic, and film, should I go with scannanaíocht or just pluralize film to scannáin to represent that idea?

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