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PostPosted: Sun 18 May 2014 7:30 pm 
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Does Cé acu? mean "Which of them"?

How would you say in Irish:

Customer: I like that car.
Salesperson: Which one?

or

Customer: I like those dresses.
Salesperson: Which ones?

Could the salesperson have said Cé acu? in both cases?


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 Post subject: Re: Cé acu?
PostPosted: Sun 18 May 2014 9:06 pm 
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barra79 wrote:
Does Cé acu? mean "Which of them"?

How would you say in Irish:

Customer: I like that car.
Salesperson: Which one?

or

Customer: I like those dresses.
Salesperson: Which ones?

Could the salesperson have said Cé acu? in both cases?

More like just "which?"

In both these cases, you can just answer cé acu "Which?"

For the first you could also say:
Cé acu carr ? "Which car?"
Cé acu é ? "Which is it?"
Cé acu carr é ? "Which car is it?"
Cé acu ceann é ? "Which one is it?"

For the second:
Cé acu gúnaí? "Which dresses?"
Cé acu iad ? "Which are they?"
Cé acu gúnaí iad? "Which dresses are they?"
Cé acu cinn iad ? "Which ones are they?"

You might also be able to say just cé acu ceann ? "which one?" and cé acu cinn ? "which ones?".

You could also avoid acu and just say Cén carr (atá i gceist agat) ? "What/which car (do you mean)?" or Cé na gúnaí ? "What/which dresses?".

Await confirmation or correction ...

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 Post subject: Re: Cé acu?
PostPosted: Sun 18 May 2014 11:21 pm 
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Cé acu acu? – Which one?


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 Post subject: Re: Cé acu?
PostPosted: Mon 19 May 2014 4:18 am 
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barra79 wrote:
Does Cé acu? mean "Which of them"?

How would you say in Irish:

Customer: I like that car.
Salesperson: Which one?

or

Customer: I like those dresses.
Salesperson: Which ones?

Could the salesperson have said Cé acu? in both cases?


What Breandán said is correct :good:

But just to add- when I say "acu(b)" I'd be choosing from a particular selection. Like you said "which of them?".
There is a subtle difference between "cé acu?" and "cén ceann?"

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