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PostPosted: Sun 07 Feb 2016 1:50 pm 
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Dias doibh, I have question agian and it is about questions. When I ask someone something like "Aren't you working today, Adam?" It would be "Nach bhfuil tu obair inniu, Caitlyn?" corect?
If I want to ask "Weren't you working today, Caitlyn" would it be "Nach bhi tú obhair inniu, Caitlyn?"


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PostPosted: Sun 07 Feb 2016 1:52 pm 
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I found now something.. is "Nár bhi tú obhair inniu, Caitlyn?" by any chance correct?


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PostPosted: Sun 07 Feb 2016 3:42 pm 
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And the negative answer in past tense for "No, I wasn't, I was ill and very tired" would be "Nior bhi me, bhi me tinn agus an-thuirseach." ?


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PostPosted: Sun 07 Feb 2016 4:53 pm 
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Jan wrote:
Dias doibh, I have question agian and it is about questions. When I ask someone something like "Aren't you working today, Adam?" It would be "Nach bhfuil tu obair inniu, Caitlyn?" corect?
If I want to ask "Weren't you working today, Caitlyn" would it be "Nach bhi tú obhair inniu, Caitlyn?"


Tá tú ag obair. = You are working.
An bhfuil tú ag obair? = Are you working? Níl. = No, I’m not. Tá. = Yes, I am.
Nach bhfuil tú ag obair? = Aren’t you working?

Bhí tú ag obair. = You were working.
An raibh tú ag obair? = Were you working? Ní raibh. = No, I wasn't. Bhí. = Yes, I was.
Nach raibh tú ag obair? = Weren’t you working.

The verb "bí" is highly irregular.


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PostPosted: Tue 09 Feb 2016 4:01 am 
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Jan wrote:
I found now something.. is "Nár bhi tú obhair inniu, Caitlyn?" by any chance correct?


Just to add to what Labhras said, you've asked about "Adam," and now you have the pseudo-Irish name "Caitlyn." Which do you want? "Caitlyn" is an Anglicized corruption of the Irish name "Caitlín" (pronounced KATCH-leen or kat-LEEN, depending on dialect).

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