tá ... tar éis

Recent Completion

Level 4

Bí tar éis a verbal noun can express recent completion: Tá sí tar éis imeacht. It is not simply the chronological preposition before an ordinary noun.

How It Works

Bí tar éis a verbal noun can express recent completion: Tá sí tar éis imeacht. It is not simply the chronological preposition before an ordinary noun.

Bí tar éis with a verbal noun can describe a recently completed action. The reference time comes from bí. This construction differs from tar éis plus an ordinary noun phrase, which simply locates one event after another.

Examples (3)

  1. Tá sí tar éis imeacht.

    She has just left.

  2. Tá mé tar éis ithe.

    I have just eaten.

  3. Bhí siad tar éis teacht.

    They had just arrived.

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tá ... tar éisLevel 4Recent Completion

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Locate the reference time just after a verbal-noun action is completed.

Words in This Pattern

bítar éis