"Aren't they there?"

Translation: Nach bhfuil siad ann?

[MaryLea11]

Still getting 'ann' and 'ansin' muddled up - anyone got any tips on how I can remember when to use one or the other?

[scilling]

See this discussion.

[NancyAnn11]

Bhfuilid ? What is meaning of id on Bhfuil ? I have not seen this before.

[MicheleTreCaffe]

'ann'... = 'í' + 3rd. person sing. masculine/neutral pronoun ...?

[19O492554]

ann is an adverb meaning "there" (both positional, as in this case, and existential, as in bhí fear ann fadó - "there was a man long ago").

ann also the singular 3rd person singular masculine pronomial form of the preposition i - "in it". This is used in phrases like tá airde an dorais ann - "he/it is as tall as the door" and lá fuar atá ann - "It's a cold day".

In this case, it is the positional "there", which can sometimes be replaced by ansin.

[MicheleTreCaffe]

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