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1 preposition concerningfaoi prep i leith i dtaobh mar gheall ar fá dtaobh de information about the course eolas faoin gcúrsawhat are you talking about? cad faoi a bhfuil tú ag caint?, céard air a bhfuil tú ag caint?the book is about a sea voyage leabhar mar gheall ar thuras farraige atá annwhat's the film about? cad faoi an scannán?, cad é a bhfuil an scannán faoi?'Can I speak to you?' 'What about?' 'An dtig liom labhairt leat?' 'Cad faoi?'I heard something about her losing her job chuala mé scéal éigin gur chaill sí a postI know nothing about it níl aon eolas agam ina thaobh, níl a fhios agam a dhath fá dtaobh deforget about him déan dearmad airshe's ecstatic about it tá sí ríméadach faoi, tá sí an-sásta ina leithhe was unhappy about his family bhí sé míshásta i dtaobh a chlainneI'm worried about my job táim buartha faoi mo phost 2 preposition introducing subjectmaidir le about my Christmas present maidir le mo bhronntanas Nollagnow, about that money I owe you anois, maidir leis an airgead sin atá agat ormTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 preposition inside placetimpeall thart timpeall ar thart ar ar fud she walked about the office shiúil sí timpeall na hoifige, shiúil sí thart ar an oifigmy clothes are scattered about my room tá mo chuid éadaigh caite ar fud mo sheomra 4 preposition on sb's personI have it about me somewhere tá sé agam anseo áit éigindo you have any weapons about your person? an bhfuil aon arm á iompar agat?, an bhfuil arm ar bith ar iompar agat? 5 preposition surroundingthart ar timpeall thart timpeall ar faoi prep he wore a sash about his waist bhí sais thart timpeall ar a bhásta aige, bhí sais faoina choim aigethey crowded about me phlódaigh siad timpeall orm, bhailigh siad thart orm ina slua 6 preposition of characteristic, traitfaoi prep mar gheall ar fá dtaobh de i dtaobh there was something familiar about him d'aithin mé rud éigin mar gheall air, chuir sé duine éigin i gcuimhne domthere's nothing easy about it níl rud ar bith éasca faoi, níl dada furasta fá dtaobh dethat's what I love about this country is é sin is breá liom faoin tír seo 7 preposition of basic aspect ofthis is about empowering people daoine a chumasú atá i gceist leis seothe laws are about protecting your rights tá na dlíthe ann chun do chearta a chosaint 8 preposition of involvement in sthwhat are you about? cad atá ar siúl agat?, cad é atá fút?be careful what you're about! seachain cad atá á dhéanamh agat!he knows what he's about tá a fhios aige cad atá á dhéanamh aige, tá fios a ghnó aige, tá fios a chúraim aigebe quick about it! déan deifir leis!, brostaigh ort leis! 9 preposition approximatelythart ar thart faoi timpeall tuairim is nó mar sinshe's about three years old tá sí thart ar thrí bliana d'aois, tá sí trí bliana d'aois nó mar sinit's about 100 km away tá sé timpeall 100 km ó bhaile, tá sé tuairim is 100 km ó bhaile, tá sé amach is isteach ar 100 km ó bhaileon or about the sixth of November i dtrátha an séú lá de mhí na Samhna
adverb
10 adverb here and theretimpeall thart timpeall thart ar fud they were walking about bhí siad ag siúl thartthey run about in the garden bíonn siad ag rith timpeall sa ghairdínrocks are strewn about at the bottom of the hill tá carraigeacha ina luí thart ag bun an chnoic, tá carraigeacha ina luí ar fud na háite faoi bhun an chnoic 11 adverb nearbythart thart timpeall timpeall there was nobody about ní raibh aon duine thartit should be locked with children about ba cheart glas a bheith air agus leanaí timpeallare your parents about? an bhfuil do thuismitheoirí thart?he must be somewhere about caithfidh go bhfuil sé timpeall in áit éiginis there a shop anywhere about? an bhfuil siopa in aon áit thart timpeall?, an bhfuil siopa ar na gaobhair? 12 adverb out of bedi do shuí ar do choiséirithe he was about early bhí sé ina shuí go luath, bhí sé ar a chois go luathwhy are you about so early? cén fáth a bhfuil tú i do shuí chomh luath seo?, cad a thug ort éirí chomh luath seo? 13 adverb currently existingtimpeall thart le fáil there's not much work about níl mórán oibre thart, níl mórán oibre le fáilthere's a shortage of food about tá ganntanas bia ann 14 adverb in reverse directionthart timpeall thart timpeall the other way about an bealach eile thart, an tslí eile timpeallshe turned about and saw him chas sí timpeall agus chonaic sí é 15 adverb almostbeagnach nach mór geall le ní mór ná goI've had about as much of this as I can take tá mo sháith agam de seo, tá mo leordhóthain agam de seoshe's about ready to go ní mór ná go bhfuil sí ullamh le fágáil, tá sí beagnach réidh le himeachtI won just about every competition bhain mé beagnach gach comórtas; bhuaigh mé gach comórtas, geall leistake it out when it's just about done tabhair amach é agus é geall le bheith déanta, tóg amach é agus é nach mór déanta 16 adverb probablyshe's about as good a solicitor as you can get tá sí ar aturnae chomh maith agus atá le fáilthat sounds about right déarfainn go bhfuil sé sin i gceartthat's about the only true thing he said is dócha gurbh in an t-aon fhírinne uaidhit's about the worst thing you could do seans maith gurb é an rud ba mheasa é a d'fhéadfá a dhéanamh