cá bhfuil

Asking Where

Level 1

Cá bhfuil an siopa? asks where the shop is. Other tenses of bí use their appropriate forms after cá.

How It Works

Cá bhfuil an siopa? asks where the shop is. Other tenses of bí use their appropriate forms after cá.

Cá asks where, and bhfuil is the dependent present form of bí. Keep the subject after the verb. The answer normally uses tá plus a location; the question does not require moving the subject before the verb as English does.

Examples (3)

  1. Cá bhfuil an siopa?

    Where is the shop?

  2. Cá bhfuil do mhála?

    Where is your bag?

  3. Cá bhfuil Nóra?

    Where is Nóra?

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cá bhfuilLevel 1Asking Where

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Use the dependent present of bí in a where question.

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