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 Post subject: "In" confusion
PostPosted: Sat 28 May 2016 3:09 am 
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Are "faoi cheann" and "i gceann" interchangeable? In FGB, they have " Beidh sé anseo faoi cheann trí huaire" but "i gceann tamaill beag."

If I want to say "My daughter will be calling me in a few minutes," for example, would it be "i gcúpla bómaite," "faoi cheann cúpla bómailte," or "i gceann cúpla bómaite"?

Oh these gap in my education!

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 Post subject: Re: "In" confusion
PostPosted: Sat 28 May 2016 10:28 am 
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Redwolf wrote:
Are "faoi cheann" and "i gceann" interchangeable? In FGB, they have " Beidh sé anseo faoi cheann trí huaire" but "i gceann tamaill beag."

If I want to say "My daughter will be calling me in a few minutes," for example, would it be "i gcúpla bómaite," "faoi cheann cúpla bómailte," or "i gceann cúpla bómaite"?

Oh these gap in my education!

Redwolf



I'd say faoi cheann/i gceann are interchangeable.

And you can say i gcúpla bómaite as well.
But the meaning is perhaps a little bit different: after (faoi/i gceann cúpla) or within (i gcúpla) a time span.


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