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A word in a language whose syntactic role is to take  the place of a possessive noun. For example, in the English sentence, “This doll is ''hers''” ''hers'' is a '''possessive pronoun''' that indicates that the doll belongs to a particular female. Possessive pronouns  in English are mine, his, hers, yours, their, theirs, its.
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''For a list of the possessive pronouns of Gaelic See [[Possessive Pronouns]]''
 
 
 
 
  
''For a list of the possessive pronouns of Gaelic See [[Possessive Pronouns]]''
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Possessive pronouns indicate who the possessor of an object is.  Possessive pronouns  in English include ''my, your, his, her, its, our, their, mine, hers, yours, theirs.'' In Gaelic, the possessive pronouns include ''mo<sup>L</sup>, do<sup>L</sup>, a<sup>L</sup>, a, àr<sup>N</sup>, ur<sup>N</sup>, an/am'' as well as pronouns based on the preposition [[Aig (preposition)]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Possessive Pronouns]]
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*[[Pronoun (definition)]]
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*[[Aig (preposition)]]
  
 
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==References==
 
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*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:21, 15 June 2012

For a list of the possessive pronouns of Gaelic See Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns indicate who the possessor of an object is. Possessive pronouns in English include my, your, his, her, its, our, their, mine, hers, yours, theirs. In Gaelic, the possessive pronouns include moL, doL, aL, a, àrN, urN, an/am as well as pronouns based on the preposition Aig (preposition).

See Also

External Links

The links below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.