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Brieuc
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Username: Brieuc
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 06:24 pm: |   
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I've been searching and searching for the equivalent to the English perfect tense in Gaeilge and I can't find it! Can anyone explain it to me?
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Mac_léinn
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Username: Mac_léinn
Post Number: 680
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 06:41 pm: |
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Fáilte a Brieuc! Check out this website that has some info on the perfect tense: http://www.nualeargais.ie/gnag/zeitform.htm#Perfekt (Message edited by mac_léinn on July 30, 2007)
Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scoilbe.
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(Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 06:58 pm: |
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Tá mé i ndiaidh dearmad a déanamh.
Tá mé tar éis dearmad a déanamh.
An seo é? |
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Brieuc
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Username: Brieuc
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 07:12 pm: |
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Thanks! that was really helpful!
but what about simple statements like 'i have worked' ?
would they still be the same as the site explained? |
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| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 08:34 pm: |
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Tá mé i ndiaidh ag obadh. |
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| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 08:56 pm: |
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Yes, for that statement the preterite would be natural in Irish, "D'oibrigh mé."
Alternatively, you might use this construction (using the verb Bí+verbal noun) if the activity has just ended: Tá mé taréis oibriú.
'Oibriú' is what we use for the verbal noun form, but some people may use other forms. |
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