HeyRuaHow “i lár” works
The noun after i lár goes into the genitive, the same way it does after a noun: Tá sé ina chónaí i lár na cathrach.
i lárin the middle of
+an chathairthe city
=i lár na cathrachin the middle of the city
“I lár” with me, you, him, her, us, them
With a pronoun the noun inside the preposition takes a possessive instead of the genitive: i mo lár, in the middle of me.
| Irish | Meaning |
|---|---|
| i mo lár | in the middle of me |
| i do lár | in the middle of you |
| ina lár | in the middle of him |
| ina lár | in the middle of her |
| inár lár | in the middle of us |
| in bhur lár | in the middle of you (plural) |
| ina lár | in the middle of them |
“I lár” in a sentence
Tá sé ina chónaí i lár na cathrach.
He lives in the centre of the city.
Stad an carr i lár an bhóthair.
The car stopped in the middle of the road.
Bhí sé ina lár.
It was in the middle of it.
Dhúisigh mé i lár na hoíche.
I woke in the middle of the night.
Other compound prepositions
I lár in Irish: the questions people ask
What does i lár mean in Irish?
i lár means in the middle of, in the centre of: Tá sé ina chónaí i lár na cathrach. He lives in the centre of the city.
Does i lár take the genitive?
Yes. The noun after i lár is in the genitive case: Tá sé ina chónaí i lár na cathrach. The noun with the article is an chathair, and after i lár it becomes na cathrach.
How do you say in the middle of me, him and them with i lár?
i mo lár (in the middle of me), i do lár (in the middle of you), ina lár (in the middle of him), ina lár (in the middle of them).