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determinercinntitheach 1 with singular noun a woman came in tháinig bean isteach eat an apple ith úll she's a painter is péintéir í they've bought a new car tá carr nua ceannaithe acu it's a Stradivarius Stradivarius is ea é it's a terrible shame is mór an náire é their secretary, a man from Leitrim a rúnaí, fear as Liatroim 2 in generalisation a cat is very independent bíonn an cat an-neamhspleách a letter is more formal tá litir níos foirmeálta it's hard to beat a good meal is deacair béile maith a bhualadh first thing on a Monday morning an chéad rud maidin Luain 3 expressing pricean cmu 15 euro a metre 15 euro an méadar they're 50 cent a packet tá 50 cent an paicéad orthu 4 expressing speedsa cmu 80 kilometres an hour 80 ciliméadar san uair you walk 20 miles a day siúlann tú 20 míle sa lá 5 expressing quantity etc it takes a good bit of time tógann sé roinnt mhaith ama wait a few days fan cúpla lá it lasts an hour maireann sé uair an chloig a kilogram of tomatoes cileagram trátaí they're a metre wide tá siad méadar ar leithead a hundred miles away céad míle ar shiúl 6 expressing frequencysa cmuin aghaidh an 5 days a week 5 lá sa tseachtain, 5 lá in aghaidh na seachtaine twice a day dhá uair sa lá, dhá uair in aghaidh an lae ten meetings a year deich gcruinniú sa bhliain, deich gcruinniú in aghaidh na bliana do three at a time déan trí cinn ag an am céanna, déan trí cinn in éineacht, déan trí cinn san am 7 with noun derived from verb there was a banging on the wall bhíothas ag bualadh ar an mballa we heard a ringing of bells chualamar cloig á mbualadh 8 with 'what', 'rather', 'such' what a racket! a leithéid de réabadh! she got such a high mark fuair sí marc chomh hard sin he's rather a nuisance is crá croí ceart é 9 with names she's a Kennedy on her mother's side Cinnéideach í ar thaobh a máthar he fancies himself as an Adonis ceapann sé gur Adónas ceart críochnaithe é I met a friend of yours, a Pól de Búrca bhuail mé le cara leat, fear darb ainm Pól de Búrca

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(also nó a) nounAinmfhocal 1 letterA cmua cmu the letter A an litir A the 'a' is missing tá an t-'a' ar lár there's a fada on the 'a' tá fada ar an 'a' 2 musicceol note, keyA cmu can you play it in A? an féidir leat é a sheinm in A? the key of A gléas A an air in A flat fonn in A maol A major mórghléas A A minor mionghléas A A sharp A géar 3 position in list, sequence, ranking etcA cmu Appendix A Aguisín A 4 educationoideachas grade, markA cmu she got an A in science fuair sí A san eolaíocht 5 medicineleigheas blood groupA cmu blood group A fuilghrúpa A A negative A diúltach A positive A deimhneach PhrasesNathanna A to Z 1 map, guideeolaí A go Z an A to Z of Irish birds eolaí A go Z d'éin na hÉireann 2 in alphabetical orderA go Z from A to Z ó A go Z to get from A to B dul ó A go B

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