TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sula, conj. & prep. (Eclipses following verb; becomes sular before past tense of regular verbs. Followed by either present and past subjunctive, or future indicative and conditional, to express future and conditional action) Before, lest. ~ n-éiríonn siad ar maidin, before they get up in the morning. ~ mbíonn an ghrian ina suí, before the sun has risen. Gach maidin ~ dtéimis ar scoil, each morning before we went to school. ~r cheannaigh mé an leabhar, before I bought the book. ~r casadh orm é, before I met him. ~r íoc mé as, before I paid for it. ~ n-imí tú, before you go. ~ mbrisfidh siad é, before they break it. ~ ngoidfí iad, lest they might be stolen. ~ dtugadh sé dom é, before he would give it to me. ~ i bhfad, before long. (Var: sul)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Sula raibh an bhliain ~, before the year was out.
Cuir an ~ san eangach sula gcuire tú sa phota é, first catch your hare.
Cuir ~ ann sula bhfeice siad é, put it away before they see it.
Breathnaigh, féach, an abhainn sula dtéir ina ~, look before you leap.
(Go) ~ sula bhfaca sé mé, just before he saw me.
Sula ~ oíche, before night comes.
Beidh ~ air sula mbeidh sé críochnaithe, it will take ages before it is finished.
D’íosfainn é sula dtógfainn é, I could no more lift it than I could eat it.
Sula dtaga an bláth bán ar an draighean, before the white blossoms appear on the blackthorn.
Sula dté de sholas an lae orainn, before daylight fails us.
Sula dté an phian ~ fulaingt, before the pain becomes unbearable.
Sula dtromaí ar a n-anacair, before their distress becomes harder to bear.