ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl sé ~ ag rá nár thuig sé an cás, he is only saying that he didn’t understand the case.
3. Thuig sé go h~ é, he understood it perfectly.
Fear ~ thuig mé a chuid cainte, a man whose speech I did not understand.
Níor thuig mé focal uaidh, I didn’t understand a word he said.
Is maith a thuig sé nár chóir dó sin a dhéanamh, he knew well that he shouldn’t have done that.
as) Thuig mé as a chuid cainte (go), I gathered from what he said (that).
Thuig mé uait (go), I understood from you (that).
Ní hé sin an rud a thuig mé uaidh, that is not what I gathered from him.