Sampla(í) Úsáide: le fada = for a long time, all along. Bhí fhios agam le fada go raibh sé ag tabhairt. = I knew for a long time that he was "giving", .i. failing in health. Bhí me ag rádh le fada ná h-eireochadh leis. = I knew all along that he wouldn't succeed.