TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
thu, thú : tú.
tú, 2 sg. pron. You. 1. (a) (Subject of vb.) Tá ~ déanach, you are late. Chuala ~ an ráfla, you heard the rumour. Níor chreid ~ mé, you didn’t believe me. (b) (With copula) Is ~ an máistir, you are the master. Ní ~ a rinne é, it was not you who did it. Dá mba ~ an diabhal, even if you were the devil. Nach ~ atá dearcach! How considerate of you! (c) (Virtual subject of vn.) ‘Cad chuige?’ ‘~ a bheith cineálta leo’. ‘Why?’ ‘Because you were kind to them’. (d) (After agus) Ní éistfeá liom agus ~ sa láthair? You wouldn’t listen to me although you were present? (e) (After prepositions that have no pron. form) Ach ~, except for you. Gan ~, without you. 2. (Form thú used as object of vb.) (a) (Direct object) Aithním thú, I recognise you. Níor dhearmad sé thú, he didn’t forget you. (b) (With autonomous vb.) An áit ar rugadh thú, where you were born. (Var: tu, thu)