Idiomatic Expressions

Nathanna Cainte

About this concept

Common idioms built on prepositional pronouns and verb+preposition patterns: 'Tá an-chion agam ort' (I'm very fond of you), 'Tá sé de nós agam' (It's my habit). Many unique to Irish thought patterns.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level C1.

Examples

Tá an-chion agam ort.I'm very fond of you.

Ní neart go cur le chéile.There's no strength without unity.

Is fearr Gaeilge briste ná Béarla cliste.Broken Irish is better than clever English.

Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí.Praise the young and they will flourish.

Prerequisite

Prepositional PronounsA1

Concepts that build on this

Proverbs and Traditional WisdomC2

More C1 concepts

Literary Verb FormsFoirmeacha Liteartha Complex Clause StructuresStruchtúir Chasta Clásail Formal RegisterAn Clár Foirmiúil Vocative Case and Special FormsAn Tuiseal Gairmeach agus Foirmeacha Speisialta Register Shifting and Code-SwitchingAistriú Cláir agus Malartú Cód

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