bí / ná bí

Commands with Bí

Level 2

Bí ciúin tells one person to be quiet; Ná bí buartha says not to worry. The plural forms include bígí and ná bígí.

How It Works

Bí ciúin tells one person to be quiet; Ná bí buartha says not to worry. The plural forms include bígí and ná bígí.

Bí is the singular imperative of bí, and bígí addresses more than one person. A negative instruction puts ná before either form. In Ná bí buartha, the adjective supplies the state the addressee is told not to have.

Examples (3)

  1. Bí ciúin.

    Be quiet. (One person.)

  2. Ná bí buartha.

    Do not worry. (One person.)

  3. Bígí réidh.

    Be ready. (More than one person.)

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bí / ná bíLevel 2Commands with Bí

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Words in This Pattern

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