Le (preposition)

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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.

singularplural
1stleamleinn
2ndleatleibh
3rdMascleisleotha
Femleatha

Emphatic Inflected forms

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

singularplural
1stleam-saleinn-ne
2ndleat-saleibh-se
3rdMascleis-sanleotha-san
Femleatha-se

Possessive inflected forms:

singularplural
1stlemLlerN
2ndledLlurN
3rdMascle aLlenN
Femle aH

Note: lem is used instead of "len" in front of words beginning with the labial 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

References