tiomluasocein wrote:
Help please. How would you say "to catch someone doing something" as in the phrase
"I came a thousand miles just to catch you while you're smiling."?
Tháinig mé míle míle chun feiceáil tú gan a fhios agat nuair a bhíonn aoibh gháire ort.
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/catch :
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3. c To catch s.o. doing sth., breith ar dhuine ag déanamh ruda éigin
Rug mé ort ag ól. = I caught you drinking. So:
Tháinig mé ag breith (or:
chun, le breith; a bhreith)
ort ag déanamh miongháire = I came to catch you smiling.