pis v. piseanna (fwd)

[Andrew Carnie]

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dennis King <donncha at eskimo.com>
Subject: pis v. piseanna


Conas a u/sa/ideann sibh na focail seo?

Chuir me/ pis.  (ma/ ta/ cinea/l amha/in i gceist ?)

Chuir me/ piseanna. (ni/os mo/ na/ cinea/l amha/in: pis ghlas,
                     pis mhilis, etc., cuir i gca/s ?)

How is the collective "pis" (peas) used in distinction to the
plural "piseanna" (peas) in Irish?

GRMA!

Dennis King