Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge / I am learning Irish

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I suppose it's not that different from "that song is not in my repertoire" but less fancy.
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avanutria wrote:I suppose it's not that different from "that song is not in my repertoire" but less fancy.
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Related but different...if I wanted to say "I didn't know that" could I say "Níor d'aithin mé sin"?
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avanutria wrote:Related but different...if I wanted to say "I didn't know that" could I say "Níor d'aithin mé sin"?
I think I'd stick with "fios" for that one.

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Reminds me of a t-shirt that a fellow came back fom Ireland with, that read (if I recall it correctly), "Níl a fhios agam; is é as Gaeilge é". Funny. :)
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Red, what's the past tense of fios?

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avanutria wrote:Red, what's the past tense of fios?

Nano, I think I need to add that shirt to my Cafepress shop!
"Fios" is a noun, actually, so it's "tá" that needs to change tense:

Bhí a fhios agam: I knew

Beidh a fhios agam: I will know

Ní raibh a fhios agam: I didn't know

Ní bheidh a fhios agam: I won't know

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