Irish word

bhíothas

past indicative autonomous independent of bí

verbmasculine/ˈvʲiːhəsˠ/

bhíothas means “past indicative autonomous independent of bí” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ˈvʲiːhəsˠ/.

Mutation forms

Bhíothas ag malartú spiairí anseo aimsir an chogaidh fhuair.

Spies were being exchanged here during the cold war.

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.

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.

Time

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

níos

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

deir

says

mair

live

cinnte

certain, sure

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