trí

Through with Trí

Level 3

Trí means through and usually lenites: trí fhuinneog. Do not confuse this preposition with the numeral trí.

How It Works

Trí means through and usually lenites: trí fhuinneog. Do not confuse this preposition with the numeral trí.

The preposition trí means through and normally lenites an eligible following consonant. It is a different word from the number trí meaning three. Before a noun phrase with the article or a pronoun, use the preposition's appropriate combined construction.

Examples (3)

  1. Chonaic mé é trí fhuinneog.

    I saw him through a window.

  2. Shiúil sí trí choill.

    She walked through a wood.

  3. Chuaigh siad tríd an doras.

    They went through the door.

How It Connects

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tríLevel 3Through with Trí

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Apply lenition in the through construction while distinguishing the homographic numeral.

Words in This Pattern

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