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  • 05-02-2012 2:02am
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    ardri12345
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    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??


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    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,130 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    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.


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    deirdremf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭deirdremf


    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


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    ardri12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭ardri12345


    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??.


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    Oranage2
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    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.


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    ardri12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭ardri12345


    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?:(


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


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    ardri12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭ardri12345


    go raibh maith agaibh:D


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    deirdremf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭deirdremf


    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.


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    ardri12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭ardri12345


    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??


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    ardri12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭ardri12345


    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,


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    AnamGlas
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    some verbs get shortened in different forms:

    inis > insíonn
    oscail > osclaíonn

    hope that clears it up some bit


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