Prepositions / Linking IV Flashcards
ó bhun go barr
From top to bottom
barr: tip
bun: bottom
um
About at / Around
Examples:
— um nóin (around/at noon)
— um Nollaig (around/at Christmas)
— Throid siad um an rí
(sin/seo) nó _____
Either this/that or _____
[noun] + amháin
One _____
e.g. Tá leabhar amháin agam
i láthair
Present
as láthair
Not present
sa bhaile
At home
— Galway: sa mbaile
cur i gcás
Take, for example
in éindí
Together
i dtósach
In the beginning
ag baint le _____
Associated with _____
— ag baint leis = associated with it
— ag baint leo = associated with them
(#) bliain d’aois
(#) years old
— e.g. Tá sé fiche bliain d’aois
ar eagla go / nach
For fear that / just in case
eagla = fear
buailte le
Beside / close to
syn: in aice le
ar aon chaoi
Nevertheless / in any case
cheanna
Already
ais arís
Back again
i mo thuairim
In my opinion
an chéad _____
The first _____
ó shin
Ago
an uair seo
This time
faoi cheann
At the end of
cur ar bun
Set up
an iomarca
Too much / too many
— e.g. an iomarca daoine
— e.g. an iomarca oibre
thar aon ní eile
Above all
as a chéile
In a row / consecutively
ar ball
In a while / a while ago
arú + [unit of time]
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)
suas go [#]
Up to [#]
laistigh de _____
Inside of _____
— syn: istigh
lá breithe
Birthday
— syn: breithlá
arsa
(“ur-suh”)
(Quoting direct speech)
Said / Says
— e.g. “Tá mé go maith,” arsa mise
— usually used with emphatic
[tit] a codladh
[fan] i dhúiseacht
Fall asleep
— e.g. Thit a codladh ar Seán
Stay awake
— e.g. D’fhan Seán ina dúiseacht
cur i gcás féin go/nach _____
Even supposing that _____
dóigh le
Suppose that
abhus
Here (pointing to place)
ar chúl
Behind / in back of
i ndeireadh na dála
At the end of the day / finally
trína
Through his / her / their
trínar
Through our
go brách
Forever
leataobh
One side (of two)
— e.g. ar leataobh an bhóthair
(on the side of the road)
le taobh
Beside / next to
— e.g. le taobh na mná
— e.g. le taobh liom
— e.g. le taobh leis
ar gcúl
Backwards / behind
— [téigh] ar gcúl = go back / recede / regress
ag cur allais
Sweating
a dó nó trí d’uaireanta
Two or three times
[tabhair] cuireadh [do]
Invite
— e.g. Thug cuireadh dom
(I invited you)