Questions in Gaelic (ceistean)
The question form of “tha” is bheil (valugh) and it needs to have AM in front – Am bheil….
Tha e fuar becomes as a question Am bheil e fuar?
So Tha effectively becomes Am bheil in a question.
To negate the above Tha e fuar, we still use bheil, add cha and then shorten bheil to eil.
cha n-eil e fuar – he is not cold
and finally to make a question of it:
nach´eil e fuar? – is he not cold?
The above looks ever so complex, so we will not move on until we have mastered this.
To Summarise:
Tha e fuar – he is cold
cha n-eil e fuar – he is not cold
nach´eil e fuar? – is he not cold?
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