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Labhrás · **Joined:** Sat 03 May 2014 4:01 pm **Posts:** 1970

galaxyrocker wrote:

Also, with regards to a' rith. I read in Gramadach na Gaeilge that it was more standard to use i mo rith, similar to the other stative structures (i mo dhúiseacht, srl). Does this still hold true?

Hmm,
there are 1,600 samples for "ag rith" in the New Corpus for Ireland (657 by native speakers)
but only 130 samples for "ina rith" (3 for "i mo rith", 3 for "i do rith", 1 for "inár rith")

There are 16 examples of "mé ag rith", 2 by native speakers (both in small clauses without "tá")

Zurni · **Joined:** Thu 31 Jul 2014 12:49 pm **Posts:** 27

Labhrás wrote:

Did you mean eating?

ag rith = running (or: i mo rith as already mentioned)
ag ithe = eating

Ah yes.... I got it back to mind in the afternoon.

"ag ithe" was the one with "e" at the end.
and "ag rith" was the one verb without "e".

I think I will have a lot of verbs to learn.... maybe the 20 or 30 most important ones.

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 2985

In Conamara you often hear:

Rith sé.

Bhí sé ag rithaíocht.

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