Topic: Irish

"Bhí sé ag insint dom."

Translation:He was telling me.

April 14, 2015

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/smrch

    This is an odd statement. Where's the object?

    April 23, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Matthewdk14

      there is none, it is implied. Dom is an indirect object "to me". But we have know idea WHAT he was telling me. Probably it is a reference to a previous sentence. You know that Paul is now the President? Yeah, he was telling me...

      February 27, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/deserttitan

        Is it more common in Irish to use the phrase "He was telling me" than "He was saying to me"? Which the latter is what I'm more used to saying in English.

        April 14, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/galaxyrocker

          My idiolect would definitely use "He was telling me" more than "He was saying to me." In fact, the latter sounds distinctly 'weird' to me. Though the former would generally have something else with it, of course.

          April 14, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/FeargalMcGovern

            is this the same as "he told me"?

            April 17, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/galaxyrocker

              No. That'd be D'inis sé dhom

              April 23, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/Matthewdk14

                dhom? why not dom?

                February 27, 2018
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