Prepositions / Linking IV

Question 1

ó bhun go barr

Answer 1

From top to bottom

barr: tip
bun: bottom

Question 2

um

Answer 2

About at / Around

Examples:

— um nóin (around/at noon)
— um Nollaig (around/at Christmas)
— Throid siad um an rí

Question 3

(sin/seo) nó _____

Answer 3

Either this/that or _____

Question 4

[noun] + amháin

Answer 4

One _____

e.g. Tá leabhar amháin agam

Question 5

i láthair

Answer 5

Present

Question 6

as láthair

Answer 6

Not present

Question 7

sa bhaile

Answer 7

At home

— Galway: sa mbaile

Question 8

cur i gcás

Answer 8

Take, for example

Question 9

in éindí

Answer 9

Together

Question 10

i dtósach

Answer 10

In the beginning

Question 11

ag baint le _____

Answer 11

Associated with _____

— ag baint leis = associated with it
— ag baint leo = associated with them

Question 12

(#) bliain d’aois

Answer 12

(#) years old

— e.g. Tá sé fiche bliain d’aois

Question 13

ar eagla go / nach

Answer 13

For fear that / just in case

eagla = fear

Question 14

buailte le

Answer 14

Beside / close to

syn: in aice le

Question 15

ar aon chaoi

Answer 15

Nevertheless / in any case

Question 16

cheanna

Answer 16

Already

Question 17

ais arís

Answer 17

Back again

Question 18

i mo thuairim

Answer 18

In my opinion

Question 19

an chéad _____

Answer 19

The first _____

Question 20

ó shin

Answer 20

Ago

Question 21

an uair seo

Answer 21

This time

Question 22

faoi cheann

Answer 22

At the end of

Question 23

cur ar bun

Answer 23

Set up

Question 24

an iomarca

Answer 24

Too much / too many

— e.g. an iomarca daoine
— e.g. an iomarca oibre

Question 25

thar aon ní eile

Answer 25

Above all

Question 26

as a chéile

Answer 26

In a row / consecutively

Question 27

ar ball

Answer 27

In a while / a while ago

Question 28

arú + [unit of time]

Answer 28

**The [unit of time] before / after** — e.g. arú inné — e.g. arú amárach (day after tomorrow) — e.g, arú anuraidh (year befor last) — e.g. arú aréir (night before last)

Question 29

suas go [#]

Answer 29

Up to [#]

Question 30

laistigh de _____

Answer 30

**Inside of _____** — syn: istigh

Question 31

lá breithe

Answer 31

**Birthday** — syn: breithlá

Question 32

**arsa** (“ur-suh”)

Answer 32

(Quoting direct speech) **Said / Says** — e.g. “Tá mé go maith,” arsa mise — usually used with emphatic

Question 33

[tit] a codladh [fan] i dhúiseacht

Answer 33

**Fall asleep** — e.g. Thit a codladh ar Seán **Stay awake** — e.g. D’fhan Seán ina dúiseacht

Question 34

cur i gcás féin go/nach _____

Answer 34

Even supposing that _____

Question 35

dóigh le

Answer 35

Suppose that

Question 36

abhus

Answer 36

Here (pointing to place)

Question 37

ar chúl

Answer 37

Behind / in back of

Question 38

i ndeireadh na dála

Answer 38

At the end of the day / finally

Question 39

trína

Answer 39

Through his / her / their

Question 40

trínar

Answer 40

Through our

Question 41

go brách

Answer 41

Forever

Question 42

leataobh

Answer 42

**One side (of two)** — e.g. ar leataobh an bhóthair (on the side of the road)

Question 43

le taobh

Answer 43

**Beside / next to** — e.g. le taobh na mná — e.g. le taobh liom — e.g. le taobh leis

Question 44

ar gcúl

Answer 44

**Backwards / behind** — [téigh] ar gcúl = go back / recede / regress

Question 45

ag cur allais

Answer 45

Sweating

Question 46

a dó nó trí d’uaireanta

Answer 46

Two or three times

Question 47

[tabhair] cuireadh [do]

Answer 47

**Invite** — e.g. Thug cuireadh dom (I invited you)