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Cad fút féin? - - What about you yourself?
fút is a prepositional pronoun made up of the preposition
faoi -- about (or under) and the pronoun tú - - you.
These prepositional pronouns, forainmneacha réamhfhoclacha,
are a distinctive feature of Irish and must be learnt well.
Many idioms depend on them.
We have already met two of these: dom - - to me, agat - - at you / you have ,
and now fút - - about you. This table gives you the forms for the other persons.
| dom |
to me / for me |
agam |
at me / I have |
fúm |
about or under me |
| duit |
to you / for you |
agat |
at you / You have |
fút |
about you |
| dó |
to / for him |
aige |
at him / He has |
faoi |
about him |
| di |
to / for her |
aici |
at her / She has |
fúithi |
about her |
| dúinn |
to / for us |
againn |
at us / We have |
fúinn |
about us |
| daoibh |
to / for you (pl) |
agaibh |
at you (pl) / You have |
fúibh |
about you (pl) |
| dóibh |
to / for them |
acu |
at them / They have |
fúthu |
about them |
Some examples of fúm in use:
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Cé faoi a bhfuil sibh ag caint? - - About whom are you talking? Who are you (pl) talking about?
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Ná bí ag caint fúm! - - Do not be talking about me.
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Fág fúthu é - - leave it to them (to do).
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Tá fúm alán eile a scríobh anseo - - I intend to write a lot more here.
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