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Since a Starting Point

Level 3

Ó introduces a starting point: Tá mé anseo ó Luan. Do not replace it with a duration expression such as le bliain.

How It Works

Ó introduces a starting point: Tá mé anseo ó Luan. Do not replace it with a duration expression such as le bliain.

Ó gives the starting point of an interval, rather than its length. Ó Luan means since Monday, while le seachtain gives a duration of a week. With a continuing present state, English often translates this Irish present-tense frame using have been.

Examples (3)

  1. Tá mé anseo ó Luan.

    I have been here since Monday.

  2. Tá an siopa dúnta ó inné.

    The shop has been closed since yesterday.

  3. Tá sí ag obair ó mhaidin.

    She has been working since morning.

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Contrast an interval's starting point with its duration.

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