Sentential possession

Gaelic has no verb 'have' . Instead sentential possession is indicated by using the verb Bi (Tha, Bha, Beidh etc) followed by the possessed element followed by the preposition aig and then the possessor:

(1)

Tha	leabhar	aig	Calum
Be.pres	book	at	Calum
Calum has a book

When the possessor is pronominal one of the inflected forms of aig (e.g. agam, agad, aige, etc.) is used:

(2)

Tha	leabhar	aige
Be.pres	book	at.3sm
He has a book

see also

• how to indicate the perfect (I have eaten): Viewpoint Aspect
• how to indicate obligation (I have to go/I need to go): Modality
• Idioms using Tha X aig Y structures:
  • Need: Tha feum agam dòl Modality