Le (preposition)

le means with or sometimes by

Forms

Simple forms

bare form: le 'with a' definite form: leis 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		leam	leinn
2nd		leat	leibh
3rd	Masc	leis	leotha
	Fem	leatha

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	leinn-ne
2nd		leat-sa	leibh-se
3rd	Masc	leis-san	leotha-san
	Fem	leatha-se

Possessive inflected forms:

		singular	plural
1st		lemL	lerN
2nd		ledL	lurN
3rd	Masc	le aL	lenN
	Fem	le aH

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