A Hay Machine wrote:
(Yes, it sounds natural to me and I understand its use, but is it absolutely necessary in good Irish?)
That question could lead to an entire philosophical debate on what constitutes "good" in any language. Often "good" English doesn't quite sound right either, and I think in those cases most (but not all, of course) people would tend to go with what sounded "right" to their ear rather than what the grammar books tell them.
Fíoraigh do chuid aislingíThis sounds okay to me (but of course, like Errigal, I too would defer to the gut feelings of a native speaker like Bríd.)
I learned that you don't usually put possessive adjectives with plural nouns in Irish without an intervening "
chuid", but it is true that
Graiméar Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí only says
is minic, not "always":
Graiméar Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí wrote:
13.8 Is minic an focal cuid idir an aidiacht shealbhach agus a hainmfhocal nuair atá teibíocht nó iolra nó ábhar do-áirimh i gceist: a cuid eolais; a cuid leabhar; mo chuid gruaige (siúcra).