past indicative autonomous independent of bí in Irish

bhíothas

past indicative autonomous independent of bí

verb/ˈvʲiːhəsˠ/

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Irish · English

Bhíothas ag malartú spiairí anseo aimsir an chogaidh fhuair.

Spies were being exchanged here during the cold war.B1

Bhíothas ag fógairt go raibh eitleán tar éis dochar a dhéanamh d'fhoirgneamh i Nua-Eabhrac.

They were announcing [on the radio] that an airplane had done some damage to a building in New York.B2

Traidhfil blianta ó shin, bhíothas ag caint ar bhreacadh ré úr do na meáin chumarsáide.

A few years ago people were talking about the dawning of a new age for the media.B2

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