Difference between revisions of "Le (preposition)"

Latest revision as of 08:05, 6 August 2012

le means with or sometimes by

bare form: le 'with a' definite form: leis an 'with the'

Like most prepositions, air can be inflected for person, number, and gender. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word orm.

Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. lean-sa "with **me**")

Note: lem is used instead of "len" in front of words beginning with the labial consonants <m, b, p, f>

Is toigh leam "I like"

To express ownership: Cò leis a tha am bata "who owns the stick"

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 ===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. lean-sa "with **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>leamsa<TD>leinn-ne
+<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>leam-sa<TD>leinn-ne
 <TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>leat-sa<TD>leibh-se
 <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>leis-san<TD rowspan="2">leotha-san
 <TR><TH>Fem<TD>leatha-se
 </TABLE>
 ===Possessive inflected forms:===
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 <TR><TH>Fem<TD>le a<sup>H</sup>
 </TABLE>
-Note: ''lem'' is used instead of an "len" in front of words beginning with the [[labial (definition)|labial]] [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] <m, b, p,  f>
+Note: ''lem'' is used instead of  "len" in front of words beginning with the [[labial (definition)|labial]] [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] <m, b, p,  f>
 ==uses==
+Is toigh leam  "I like"
+To express ownership:  Cò leis a tha am bata "who owns the stick"
 ==see also==