cé gur

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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gur (used before positive clauses in the past tense)

  1. although, though, even though
    cé gur tháinig méalthough I came
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  • cé go (used before a positive clause in the present tense)
  • cé nach (used before a negative clause in the present tense)
  • cé nár (used before a negative clause in the past tense)

Particle

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gur (triggers lenition in the past/conditional, present/future form before a vowel cé gurb, past/conditional form before a vowel cé gurbh)

  1. although/though/even though... is
    cé gur maith leis tae(even) though he likes tea
  2. although/though/even though... was/would be
    cé gur mhaith leis tae(even) though he liked/would like tea