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ardri12345 · 05-02-2012 02:02AM #1

i know you can say --eistim leis an radio,feachaim ar an telefis.but can you use -feachaim leis an telifis??eistim ar an radio,or is it a case that -le -goes with eist and -ar- goes with feach only??

Oranage2 · 05-02-2012 02:26AM

ardri12345 wrote: »

i know you can say --eistim leis an radio,feachaim ar an telefis.but can you use -feachaim leis an telifis??eistim ar an radio,or is it a case that -le -goes with eist and -ar- goes with feach only??

No you cant -

feachaim leis an telifis - kinda translates to I watch with the TV.

eistim ar an radio - I listen on top of the radio.

deirdremf · 05-02-2012 01:21PM

ardri12345 wrote: »

i know you can say --eistim leis an radio,feachaim ar an telefis.but can you use -feachaim leis an telifis??eistim ar an radio,or is it a case that -le -goes with eist and -ar- goes with feach only??

Lots of verbs are used with specific prepositions.
féach is used with ar like in English - look at
éist is used with le like in English - listen to

ardri12345 · 05-02-2012 04:04PM

thank you all,another quick question, the statement -"chuaigh cupla carr thar braid"-what does the word braid(fado over the A) mean as i can not find it in the dictionary??.

Oranage2 · 05-02-2012 04:14PM

Ichecked focal.ie and it gave me.

http://focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=thar+br%C3%A1id

A couple of cars went into a passing shot (in front of the camera)

Not sure if that makes sense to you.

ardri12345 · 05-02-2012 04:32PM

ah yes and no-i know it means a couple cars went past .by the context of the whole paragraph but what does braid mean?:(

Insect Overlord · 05-02-2012 08:03PM

It's just a phrase that means "going by/went by" (the front of) something.

ardri12345 · 05-02-2012 08:52PM

go raibh maith agaibh:D

deirdremf · 05-02-2012 11:55PM

ardri12345 wrote: »

thank you all,another quick question, the statement -"chuaigh cupla carr thar braid"-what does the word braid(fado over the A) mean as i can not find it in the dictionary??.

Bráid means the throat/neck.
úll brád means Adam's apple.

ardri12345 · 13-02-2012 01:07PM

and another question for you guys,how do i conjugate the verb obair,as in oibríonn sé,cant seem to find the rules for this 2nd con.verb ending in ir,is it another exception??

ardri12345 · 14-02-2012 12:03PM

aha-my mistake, the verb is not obair,it is oibrigh,but now i dont know where the expression ag obair comes from?-i cant see obair any where with the conjugated verb,

AnamGlas · 14-02-2012 02:14PM

some verbs get shortened in different forms:

inis > insíonn
oscail > osclaíonn

hope that clears it up some bit

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