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Dúirt mé léi - - I told her that I was thinking of her
Dúirt is past tense of abair - - say. It is irregular in more ways than one. The initial consonant is never lenited ( ~ never aspirated; ~ never takes a "h")
Note the prepositional pronoun following Dúirt + le . . . For a discussion of this point click here.
go raibh mé - - that I was is reported speech, claoninsint,
for bhí mé - - I was. I'll get around to claoninsint eventually.
Ag smaoineamh - - thinking is the verbal noun of the verb smaoinigh - - think and is followed by the prepositional pronoun ar - - on. So ag smaoineamh uirthi - - thinking on her i.e. thinking of her. Here are the other forms for "uirthi - - of her"
| ag smaoineamh |
ar Aingeal |
thinking |
of Angela |
| ag smaoineamh |
ar an obair |
thinking |
of the work |
| ag smaoineamh |
orm |
thinking |
of me |
| ort |
of you |
| air |
of him |
| uirthi |
of her |
| orainn |
of us |
| oraibh |
of you (pl) |
| orthu |
of them |
These prepositional pronouns will be dealt with later. Ar and orm, ort, etc were dealt with before. Click here to revise.
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