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| Éist liom - - Listen to me |
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| Verbs followed by prepositions / Briathair
agus Réamhfhocail |
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| Many verbs in Irish take prepositions after them. There
is no rule other than knowing which preposition goes with
what verb. Here are some examples: |
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| Briathar |
Réamhfhocal |
Aistriúchán |
| Verb |
Preposition |
Translation |
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| Éist |
le . . . |
Listen to . . . . |
| Scríobh |
chuig . . . |
Write to . . . |
| Tabhair |
do . . . . . |
Give to . . . |
| Abair |
le . . . . |
Say to . . . |
| Inis |
do . . . |
Tell (to) . . . |
| Éirigh |
as . . . . |
Stop . . . |
| Beir |
ar . . . . |
Catch . . . |
| Féach |
ar . . . . |
Look at . . . . |
| Fan |
ar . . . . |
Wait for |
| iarr |
ar . . . . |
ask (. . to do . ) |
| fiafraigh |
de . . . . |
enquire |
| cuidigh |
le . . . . |
help |
| cabhraigh |
le . . . . |
help |
| Ná bac |
le . . . . |
Do not bother with . . |
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| There are many more and I will publish them
here later. You can add to this list yourself by looking
out for them in your reading. |
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| Each preposition has its seven prepositional
pronouns to indicate the persons. The above example Éist
liom could give the following forms: |
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| Éist liom |
Listen to me |
| Éist leat |
Listen to you |
| Éist leis |
Listen to him |
| Éist léi |
Listen to her |
| Éist linn |
Listen to us |
| Éist libh |
Listen to you (pl) |
| Éist leo |
Listen to them |
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I intend to put all the prepositional
pronouns online, na forainmneacha réamhfhoclacha.
You should learn them well and learn the idioms associated
with them.
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| For the moment you will find them in a dictionary
under these réamhfhocail, prepositions:
ar, do, de, faoi, roimh, ó, thar, trí, ag,
le, as, i, um, ionsar (The last two are seldom used
outside particular Gaeltacht areas. Concentrate on the others.) |
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