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today I'll be talking about the vocative case
vocative case
what is that?
what is the vocative case?
when you're talking with someone and you want to say their name
for example, how are you Cáit?
how are you Cáit?
you don't say 'Cad é mar atá tú Cáit?'
you say 'Cad é már atá tú a Cháit?'
it's not too hard so it'll be grand
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firstly, as you seen and heard, I said
'a Cháit' , 'cad é mar atá tú a Cháit?'
Firstly, you have to put 'a' before the name
'vocative particle' is the official name for the 'a'
if it's a males name, it's lenited and slenderized
what does 'it's slenderized' mean?
when I say 'it's slenderized', I mean
we put an 'i' if the name ends with a broad consonant
for example, Rónán, Brian
you will see more samples
I will give you a couple of examples
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it's lenited and slenderized
where are you from Séamas?
.
would you like a drink Seán?
Seán, would you like a drink?
you can put the name at the start or at the end
something funny too
if you don't put the fada on 'Seán'
on the 'a'
it means old
so if you know someone a person called Seán
or if you're Seán
don't forget the fada
if the name finishes with a vowel, it's not slenderized
so then an example
are you leaving Barra?
don't go
now the girls
the women
the female names are lenited
for example Ciara
were you at school today, Ciara?
were you at school today Ciara?
Sorcha, don't be doing your homework in the class
I have to take a break I think
Máire, are you ok?
and if the name begins with a vowel
it doesn't matter if it's a man or woman
you don't do anything
there's no lenition but you slenderize at the end
and that's it, we'll do a quiz now
question 1, how do you put 'Brian' in the vocative case?
it's lenited and slenderized
question 2, how do you put 'cara' in the vocative case?
this means friend
but it's a name for girls too
it finishes on a vowel so
we only add séimhiú/lenition
you don't lenite 'r'
I say 'r' and people laugh
but anyway
and slenderize at the end
it's a female name so it's lenited
but it's not slenderized
and the last question
it starts with a vowel
and it finishes with a slender consonant anyway
so you don't do anything
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