chun
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
chun (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)
- to, toward
- ceathrú chun a trí ― a quarter to three
- in order to
- going to (will (future tense)) (as a predicate of bí, followed by a verb phrase)
- Tá mé chun é a fheiceáil.
- I’m going to see him.
Usage notesEdit
The personal forms of chuig are used for this preposition as well.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “dochum”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
- "chun" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 100.
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
chun
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Scottish GaelicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PrepositionEdit
chun
Usage notesEdit
- Used before the definite article, otherwise gu is used.
- The expression following chun is in the genitive case.