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Latest revision as of 19:29, 14 August 2021

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"
  • ag eisdeachd take ri as a preposition

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.

singularplural
1striumruinn/rinn
2ndriutruibh/ribh
3rdMascrisriutha
Femrithe

Emphatic Inflected forms

Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")

singularplural
1strium-saruinn-ne/rinne
2ndriut-saruibh-se/ribhse
3rdMascris-san-riutha-san
Femrithe-se

Possessive inflected forms:

singularplural
1strimLri arN
2ndridLri urN / XN
3rdMascro aLrinN
Femro aH

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

See Also

References

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