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There is a special form of the pronoun used in Gaelic to indicate special emphasis on the pronoun. There is no equivalent in English except stress. For example, if we wanted to say ''he saw ME'', the Gaelic would use the special form ''mise''. The emphatic forms are also obligatory when used with [[Equative (definition)|identificational]] uses of copula (e.g. I am John = ''Is mise Iain'').

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!person
!Singular
!Plural
|-
|1st
|mise
|sinne
|-
|2nd
|thusa/tusa
|sibhse
|-
|3rd masc
|esan
|rowspan="2"|iadsan
|-
|3rd fem
|ise
|}
'''Notes:'''
*There are two forms for the 2nd person singular form (''thusa'' and 'tusa''), ''tusa'' is used after verbs in the [[Relative Future (tense)|relative future]] tense and [[Conditional (mood)|conditional]] mood. 
*The ''sibhse'' is used both for plural ''you'' and as a polite form of the singular
*There is no neuter pronoun (''it'') in Gaelic. Instead either ''esan'' or ''ise'' is used depending upon the [[Gender (definition)|gender]] of the noun being used.
*In the plural there is no gender distinction, one form (''iadsan'') is used for both genders.

Note that sometimes [[Reflexive Pronouns]] are also used to mark emphasis.

==see also==
*[[Personal Pronouns]]
*[[Reflexive Pronouns]]
*[[Emphatic Marking]]
[[Category:Lexical Item]] 
[[Category:Morphology]]