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kittydesadeVerb functions
With bí as an auxiliary verb and an ag phrase to mark the actor, verbal adjectives have verbal force, similar in meaning to the English perfect tenses.
Tá an carr díolta aige. He has sold the car.
Bhí béile mór ite againn. We had eaten a big meal.
Tá cuid den leabhar léite agam. I have read part of the book.
Tá litir scríofa agam. I have written a letter./I have a letter written.
Beidh an obair déanta agam ámarach. I'll have the work done tomorrow.
Tá na páistí millte aici. She has spoiled the children.
Emphasis here is on the accomplishment of an action or on the resulting state (e.g. completion of work or the character of the spoiled children) more than the action itself. These sentences also emphasize the recency of the action. In this they are similar in meaning to the verbal nouns introduced by 'after'
Bhí muid tar éis béile mór a ithe. We had just eaten a big meal.
Tá sé tar éis an carr a dhíol. He's just sold the car.
Verbal adjectives are used rather less often than 'after' sentences in most dialects, although they have been growing in frequency. They also don't have the same range of uses as English present-perfect forms and tend to be avoided in questions and negatives, in favor of simple tenses.
Ní dhearna mé an obair fós. I haven't done the work yet.
An bhfaca tú an scannán sin? Have you seen that movie?
When the agent who performs the action isn't mentioned, the Irish perfect is often translated as an English passive, but this function is secondary: the state resulting fromt he action of the verb is what's important.
Tá an féar sábháilte. The hay has been saved (harvested).
Tá an obair críochnaithe. The work has been finished.
Tá an seanbhalla leagtha. The old wall has been knocked down.
Tá báisteach geallta. Rain is forecast. (lit. promised)
Perfect forms of intransitive verbs (only one participant) are also found, especially with motion verbs.
Tá sé imithe abhaile. He's gone home.
Tá an geimhreadh tagtha. Winter has come.
Aarghar;gjdfhs;gjsdfhsgjk;dfghs;dkfjghdfg. Why do I get myself into these things.
Okay, no, I will say, it is almost 11 and I have already done most of my morning routine (exercise was halfassed because I was inexplicably sleepy) as well as my edX Intro to Computer Programming for the day, finished the lecture on lipids, and brought my notes in to work to transcribe. And add on diagrams and things to, because oh dear god the information is so dense in those lecture videos that my handwriting is for shit and I don't get a lot of diagrams down. That's what the internet is for. (Yes, I will confirm the wikisourcing or whatever I've done with the video. Because wiki.)
And I've also gotten about ... little over 60% done on the fingerless glove I'm now practicing. Another repeat and the rest of this one and I can start practicing the thumb ulp. I was working it in a Hawkass Purple type yarn, and then I got to where I'd start having to decrease for my forearm and stopped and realized I had no practice doing the thumb. So I'd better do that on something shorter where I don't have to do another five or six repeats before I get there. So, um. Yeah, stuff is happening. I'm being productive! I just. Feel all frazzled and like I'm not getting anywhere on anything.
We got a shipment of candle stuff in yesterday. The colors are fine, I'm going to be labeling colors all day, but that's fine. But the candle scent? Smaaaashed. Smashed like a frat party. The scent that had been smashed had leaked all through the box and onto other boxes, it was soaked, it left the entire back area of the store reeking of a bad chemical imitation of marzipan all day. So disgusting. Much headache.
Hopefully today will be better. It's at least starting out on a more productive note.
Oh god, I just hit the first practice problem on the Computer Programming course and now my head hurts and I want ANY compiler and waaaaah. Food. Food will help this.
With bí as an auxiliary verb and an ag phrase to mark the actor, verbal adjectives have verbal force, similar in meaning to the English perfect tenses.
Tá an carr díolta aige. He has sold the car.
Bhí béile mór ite againn. We had eaten a big meal.
Tá cuid den leabhar léite agam. I have read part of the book.
Tá litir scríofa agam. I have written a letter./I have a letter written.
Beidh an obair déanta agam ámarach. I'll have the work done tomorrow.
Tá na páistí millte aici. She has spoiled the children.
Emphasis here is on the accomplishment of an action or on the resulting state (e.g. completion of work or the character of the spoiled children) more than the action itself. These sentences also emphasize the recency of the action. In this they are similar in meaning to the verbal nouns introduced by 'after'
Bhí muid tar éis béile mór a ithe. We had just eaten a big meal.
Tá sé tar éis an carr a dhíol. He's just sold the car.
Verbal adjectives are used rather less often than 'after' sentences in most dialects, although they have been growing in frequency. They also don't have the same range of uses as English present-perfect forms and tend to be avoided in questions and negatives, in favor of simple tenses.
Ní dhearna mé an obair fós. I haven't done the work yet.
An bhfaca tú an scannán sin? Have you seen that movie?
When the agent who performs the action isn't mentioned, the Irish perfect is often translated as an English passive, but this function is secondary: the state resulting fromt he action of the verb is what's important.
Tá an féar sábháilte. The hay has been saved (harvested).
Tá an obair críochnaithe. The work has been finished.
Tá an seanbhalla leagtha. The old wall has been knocked down.
Tá báisteach geallta. Rain is forecast. (lit. promised)
Perfect forms of intransitive verbs (only one participant) are also found, especially with motion verbs.
Tá sé imithe abhaile. He's gone home.
Tá an geimhreadh tagtha. Winter has come.
Aarghar;gjdfhs;gjsdfhsgjk;dfghs;dkfjghdfg. Why do I get myself into these things.
Okay, no, I will say, it is almost 11 and I have already done most of my morning routine (exercise was halfassed because I was inexplicably sleepy) as well as my edX Intro to Computer Programming for the day, finished the lecture on lipids, and brought my notes in to work to transcribe. And add on diagrams and things to, because oh dear god the information is so dense in those lecture videos that my handwriting is for shit and I don't get a lot of diagrams down. That's what the internet is for. (Yes, I will confirm the wikisourcing or whatever I've done with the video. Because wiki.)
And I've also gotten about ... little over 60% done on the fingerless glove I'm now practicing. Another repeat and the rest of this one and I can start practicing the thumb ulp. I was working it in a Hawkass Purple type yarn, and then I got to where I'd start having to decrease for my forearm and stopped and realized I had no practice doing the thumb. So I'd better do that on something shorter where I don't have to do another five or six repeats before I get there. So, um. Yeah, stuff is happening. I'm being productive! I just. Feel all frazzled and like I'm not getting anywhere on anything.
We got a shipment of candle stuff in yesterday. The colors are fine, I'm going to be labeling colors all day, but that's fine. But the candle scent? Smaaaashed. Smashed like a frat party. The scent that had been smashed had leaked all through the box and onto other boxes, it was soaked, it left the entire back area of the store reeking of a bad chemical imitation of marzipan all day. So disgusting. Much headache.
Hopefully today will be better. It's at least starting out on a more productive note.
Oh god, I just hit the first practice problem on the Computer Programming course and now my head hurts and I want ANY compiler and waaaaah. Food. Food will help this.
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Date: 2014-07-31 03:36 pm (UTC)> Inexplicably sleepy
I'm not sure that counts as inexplicable...
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Date: 2014-07-31 05:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-07-31 05:48 pm (UTC)Stupid bodies, STOP THAT.