PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Seachtain is an lá ~, a week ago tomorrow.
Bhí fear ~ fadó, there was a man long ago.
Bhailigh sé thart ar ball, he passed by a while ago.
2. Ar ~, (i) just a moment ago, (ii) in a moment.
Ar ~ (beag), (i) a (little) while ago, (ii) after a (little) while, (iii) presently.
D’imigh sé fada ~ ó shin, he went away a long time ago.
cúig de bhlianta ó shin, four or five years ago.
Na ~ta ó shin, a long time ago.
3. Ó chianaibh, a while ago.
San aimsir chianaosta, long long ago.
Bliain i g~ na hoíche aréir, a year ago last night.
Bliain ~ ó shin, exactly a year ago.
Fiche ~ bliain ó shin, some twenty years ago.
An lá ~, the other day; a few days ago.
~ riamh ó shin, ever so long ago.
Na laethanta ~, the days long ago.
In Éirinn ~, in Ireland long ago.
Fuair sé bás ~, he died a long time ago.
~ riamh, ever so long ago.
~ an fhir fadó, as in the case of the man long ago.
Is ~ ó bhí sé anseo, he was here a short time ago.
As idirchéin, from afar, from the long ago.
Is fada ó d’~ an bhuain chorráin, reaping with a hook ceased a long time ago.
Bliain is an lá ~, a year ago yesterday.
Mí is an lá ~, a month ago today.
Mí ~ an lá inniu, a month ago today.
~ lú ná bliain ó shin, less than a year ago.
Deich ~ ó shin, ten minutes ago.
Is maith an ~ ó shin é, it is a good while ago.
(A) ~ nó (a) seacht de bhlianta ó shin, six or seven years ago.
I bhfad ~, far back, remote; long ago.
ó shin) Fada ó shin, long ago.
Bliain ó shin, a year ago.
~ de bhlianta ó shin, a number of years ago.
~ (is) fiche bliain ó shin, about twenty years ago.
Ghabh sé an ~ ó chianaibh, he passed by a while ago.
~ le céad bliain ó shin, over a hundred years ago.