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‎Possessive inflected forms:

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‎Form

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	*''For other prepositions see [[prepositions]]''		*''For other prepositions see [[prepositions]]''

−	The preposition ann primarily means "in" although it has some secondary usages marking [[stative]] constructions, occupations and professions, as well as being used as the word meaning "there" in [[existentials]], and the [[augment]] found with predicate clefts. Unlike most prepositions, ann does not lenite but takes the [[dative]].	+	The preposition ann primarily means "in" although it has some secondary usages marking [[Statives\|stative]] constructions, occupations and professions, as well as being used as the word meaning "there" in [[existentials]], and the [[augment]] found with predicate clefts. Unlike most prepositions, ann does not lenite but takes the [[dative]].

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 The preposition ann primarily means "in" although it has some secondary usages marking [[stative]] constructions, occupations and professions,  as well as being used as the word meaning "there" in [[existentials]], and the [[augment]] found with predicate clefts. Unlike most prepositions, ann does not lenite but takes the [[dative]].
-==Form==
+==Forms==
 ===Simple forms===

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 ===Possessive inflected forms:===
-Special forms are used for possessives. This is particularly frequently used in stative constructions (Mark 2004:20)
+Special forms are used for possessives. They are particularly frequently used in stative constructions (Mark 2004:20)
 <TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">

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 *indefinite form: ''ann an''  'in a' (note that the ''an'' here is NOT the definite determiner. It's a reduplication of the "in" preposition)
 *definite form: ''anns an'' 'in the' (also ''anns a''', ''anns na'' etc.)
 ===Basic inflected forms===
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 <TR><TH>Fem<TD>innte
 </TABLE>
 ===Emphatic Inflected forms===

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 ''For other prepositions see [[prepositions]]''
 ===Simple forms===
-bare form: ann 'on'
+*bare form: ''ann'' 'on'
-indefinite form: ann an  'in a' (note that the 'an' here is NOT the definite determiner. It's a reduplication of the in preposition)
+*indefinite form: ''ann an''  'in a' (note that the ''an'' here is NOT the definite determiner. It's a reduplication of the "in" preposition)
-definite form: anns an 'in the' (also anns a', anns na etc.)
+*definite form: ''anns an'' 'in the' (also ''anns a''', ''anns na'' etc.)
 ===Basic inflected forms===
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 Like most prepositions, ''ann'' can be inflected for [[person]], [[number]], and [[gender]]. For example, to say "in me", we use the single word ''annam''.
-""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
+<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
 <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
 <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>annam<TD>annainn
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 <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>ann<TD rowspan="2">annta
 <TR><TH>Fem<TD>innte
-</TABLE>""
+</TABLE>
 ===Emphatic Inflected forms===
-Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")
+Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on ME")
-""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
+<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
 <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
 <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>annamsa<TD>annainne
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 <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>annsan<TD rowspan="2">anntasan
 <TR><TH>Fem<TD>inntese
-</TABLE>""
+</TABLE>
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 Special forms are used for possessives. This is particularly frequently used in stative constructions (Mark 2004:20)
-""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
+<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
 <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
 <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>nam<sup>L</sup><TD>nar<sup>N</sup>
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 <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>na<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">nan<sup>N</sup>
 <TR><TH>Fem<TD>na<sup>H</sup>
-</TABLE>""
+</TABLE>
-''nam'' is used instead of nan "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial]] [[consonant consonants]] <b>, <p>, <m>, and <f>
+''nam'' is used instead of nan "their" in front of words beginning with the [[Labial (definition)|labial]] [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] <nowiki><b>, <p>, <m>, and <f></nowiki>
 ==Notes==
-In this document, as elsewhere, ""<sup>L</sup>"" indicates [[lenition]] and ""<sup>N</sup>"" indicates [[nasalization]], (prefixation of an n- before a word beginning with vowels, and a nasalization of the next consonant (not indicated in the orthography) and ""<sup>H</sup>"" indicates [[antilenition]] (the prefixation of h before words beginning with vowels).
+In this document, as elsewhere, <sup>L</sup> indicates [[lenition]] and <sup>N</sup> indicates [[eclipsis]], (prefixation of an n- before a word beginning with vowels, and a nasalization of the next consonant (not indicated in the orthography) and <sup>H</sup> indicates [[antilenition]] (the prefixation of h before words beginning with vowels).
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 [[Category: Preposition]]

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		+	The preposition ann primarily means "in" although it has some secondary usages marking [[stative]] constructions, occupations and professions, as well as being used as the word meaning "there" in [[existentials]], and the [[augment]] found with predicate clefts. Unlike most prepositions, ann does not lenite but takes the [[dative]].
		+
		+	//For other prepositions see [[prepositions]]//
		+
		+	===Simple forms===
		+
		+	bare form: ann 'on'
		+	indefinite form: ann an 'in a' (note that the 'an' here is NOT the definite determiner. It's a reduplication of the in preposition)
		+	definite form: anns an 'in the' (also anns a', anns na etc.)
		+
		+	===Basic inflected forms===
		+
		+	Like most prepositions, ''ann'' can be inflected for [[person]], [[number]], and [[gender]]. For example, to say "in me", we use the single word ''annam''.
		+
		+	""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>annam<TD>annainn
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>annad<TD>annaibh
		+	<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>ann<TD rowspan="2">annta
		+	<TR><TH>Fem<TD>innte
		+	</TABLE>""
		+
		+	===Emphatic Inflected forms===
		+
		+	Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on me")
		+
		+	""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>annamsa<TD>annainne
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>annadsa<TD>annaibhsa
		+	<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>annsan<TD rowspan="2">anntasan
		+	<TR><TH>Fem<TD>inntese
		+	</TABLE>""
		+
		+
		+	===Possessive inflected forms:===
		+
		+	Special forms are used for possessives. This is particularly frequently used in stative constructions (Mark 2004:20)
		+
		+	""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>nam<sup>L</sup><TD>nar<sup>N</sup>
		+	<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>nad<sup>L</sup><TD>nur<sup>N</sup>
		+	<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>na<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">nan<sup>N</sup>
		+	<TR><TH>Fem<TD>na<sup>H</sup>
		+	</TABLE>""
		+	''nam'' is used instead of nan "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial]] [[consonant consonants]] <b>, <p>, <m>, and <f>
		+
		+	===References===
		+	Mark, Colin (2004) //The Gaelic-English Dictionary/Am Faclair Gàidhlig-Beurla.// London: Routledge
		+
		+	----
		+	==Notes==
		+	In this document, as elsewhere, ""<sup>L</sup>"" indicates [[lenition]] and ""<sup>N</sup>"" indicates [[nasalization]], (prefixation of an n- before a word beginning with vowels, and a nasalization of the next consonant (not indicated in the orthography) and ""<sup>H</sup>"" indicates [[antilenition]] (the prefixation of h before words beginning with vowels).
		+
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