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There is some variability as to whether a and lenition are found in these cases. Bheith, dhul, and theacht are often lenited in such sentences; other verbs vary according to speaker and region. Such sentences are fairly uncommon.

All other parts of the sentence (prepositional phrases, adverbs, adjective predicates of bí) follow the verbal noun:

Ba mhaith liom breathnú ar an gclár sin. I'd like to watch that program.
An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh fanacht ansin? Do you want to wait there?
An féidir leat é a fhágáil anseo? Can you leave it here?
Ní maith liom a bheith tinn. I don't like to be sick.

These structures (which we'll call inverted verbal noun phrases) can be negated by putting 'gan' or 'without' before the phrase.

Ba mhaith liom gan í a bheith anseo. I'd like her not to be here.
Is cuma liom gan fanacht. I don't mind not staying.
Is fearr linn gan dúiseacht go moch. We'd prefer not to wake up early.

Notice that the inverted verbal noun phrase may sometimes be translated into English as an -ing form of the verb, and sometimes as an infinitive, depending on the main verb of the sentence.


Got to the end of the chapter today! Vampires are misbehaving.

So the boy brought home many plants from his work sale thingie, still not entirely sure whether that was a fundraiser or cleaning out their garden or what. But either way now I have peppers and tomatoes and shamrocks and a random amaryllis and ... some other things. I forget what even all I told him to get! So between this, my dahlias, and every other bloody thing plus I figure I might as well go ahead and do seeds for veggies a week early, this weekend is going to be one of massive gardening. Tonight will be a night of massive vicarious badassery, because there's a group of us going to see the 300 sequel at the dollar theatre.

... yeah, other than that I'm not sure anything's been very interesting lately. Stuff continues. New Grimm tonight, which means new Murderboarding tomorrow. Stuff. Things.