Ro (preposition)
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Ro or roimh roughly means 'before'
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Uses
Forms
- bare form: roimh 'before a'
- definite form: roimh an 'with the'
Basic inflected forms
Like most prepositions, air can be inflected for person, number, and gender. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word orm.
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | romham | romhainn | |
| 2nd | romhad | romhaibh | |
| 3rd | Masc | roimhe | romhpa |
| Fem | roimhpe | ||
Emphatic Inflected forms
Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | romham-sa | romhainn-ne | |
| 2nd | romhad-sa | romhaibh-se | |
| 3rd | Masc | roimhe-san- | romhpa-san |
| Fem | roimhpe-se | ||
Possessive inflected forms:
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | L | N | |
| 2nd | L | N / XN | |
| 3rd | Masc | L | N |
| Fem | H | ||
Note: am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonants <m, b, p, f>
