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1 determiner with singular nouna woman came in tháinig bean isteacheat an apple ith úllshe's a painter is péintéir íthey've bought a new car tá carr nua ceannaithe acuit's a Stradivarius Stradivarius is ea éit's a terrible shame is mór an náire étheir secretary, a man from Leitrim a rúnaí, fear as Liatroim 2 determiner in generalisationa cat is very independent bíonn an cat an-neamhspleácha letter is more formal tá litir níos foirmeáltait's hard to beat a good meal is deacair béile maith a bhualadhfirst thing on a Monday morning an chéad rud maidin LuainTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 determiner expressing pricean 15 euro a metre 15 euro an méadarthey're 50 cent a packet tá 50 cent an paicéad orthu 4 determiner expressing speedsa 80 kilometres an hour 80 ciliméadar san uairyou walk 20 miles a day siúlann tú 20 míle sa lá 5 determiner expressing quantity etcit takes a good bit of time tógann sé roinnt mhaith amawait a few days fan cúpla láit lasts an hour maireann sé uair an chloiga kilogram of tomatoes cileagram trátaíthey're a metre wide tá siad méadar ar leitheada hundred miles away céad míle ar shiúl 6 determiner expressing frequencysa in aghaidh an5 days a week 5 lá sa tseachtain, 5 lá in aghaidh na seachtainetwice a day dhá uair sa lá, dhá uair in aghaidh an laeten meetings a year deich gcruinniú sa bhliain, deich gcruinniú in aghaidh na blianado three at a time déan trí cinn ag an am céanna, déan trí cinn in éineacht, déan trí cinn san am 7 determiner with noun derived from verbthere was a banging on the wall bhíothas ag bualadh ar an mballawe heard a ringing of bells chualamar cloig á mbualadh 8 determiner with 'what', 'rather', 'such'what a racket! a leithéid de réabadh!she got such a high mark fuair sí marc chomh hard sinhe's rather a nuisance is crá croí ceart é 9 determiner with namesshe's a Kennedy on her mother's side Cinnéideach í ar thaobh a mátharhe fancies himself as an Adonis ceapann sé gur Adónas ceart críochnaithe éI met a friend of yours, a Pól de Búrca bhuail mé le cara leat, fear darb ainm Pól de Búrca