Ri(s) (preposition)

Ri or ris roughly means 'to' although it is never used with verbs of motion or conveyance.

Uses

Tha mi a' bruidhinn ri Calum "I'm talking to Calum" comhla ri "along with"

Forms

bare form: ri 'with a' definite form: ris 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		rium	ruinn
2nd		ruit	ruibh
3rd	Masc	ris	riutha
	Fem	rithe

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		leamsa	X
2nd		X	X
3rd	Masc	X	X
	Fem	X

Possessive inflected forms:

		singular	plural
1st		rimL	XN
2nd		ridL	XN / XN
3rd	Masc	XL	rinN
	Fem	XH

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