ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí sé ag ceartú dúinn ar feadh na hoíche, he was holding forth to us on matters all night.
Ag ~ a thugamar an oíche, we were casting all night.
Bhí sé ag eachtraí dúinn ar feadh na hoíche, he was spinning yarns for us all night.
D’fhágfadh sé tinn thú ar feadh na hoíche, it would cause you to be sick all night.
Thug siad oíche ar ~ dom, they had me wandering about all night.
D’~ siad feadh na hoíche, they fished all night.
Bhíomar ag imeacht ar feadh na hoíche, we kept travelling all night.
Ó mhaidin go hoíche, from morning till night, all day long.
Suí go ~, to sit till morning, all night.
Mhair sé ag caint air ar feadh na hoíche, he kept on talking about it all night.
Rinneamar ~ go maidin de, we made it an all-night event.
Bhíomar inár ~ ar feadh na hoíche aige, we sat up all night with him.
Rinne sé ~ don chuideachta ar feadh na hoíche, he kept the company happy all night.
Mhair sé ar an ~ sin ar feadh na hoíche, he kept talking like that all night.
Bhí sé ag cur (amach) ~ orainn i rith na hoíche, he was giving us riddles to solve all night.