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| − | Ro or roimh roughly means 'before'
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| − | ==Uses==
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| − | ==Forms==
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| − | *bare form: roimh 'before a'
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| − | *definite form: roimh an 'with the'
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| − | ===Basic inflected forms===
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| − | Like most prepositions, ''air'' can be inflected for [[Person (definition)|person]], [[number (definition)|number]], and [[Gender (definition)|gender]]. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word ''orm''.
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| − | <TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>romham<TD>romhainn
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>romhad<TD>romhaibh
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| − | <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>roimhe<TD rowspan="2">romhpa
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| − | <TR><TH>Fem<TD>roimhpe
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| − | </TABLE>
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| − | ===Emphatic Inflected forms===
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| − | Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")
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| − | <TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>romham-sa<TD>romhainn-ne
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>romhad-sa<TD>romhaibh-se
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| − | <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>roimhe-san-<TD rowspan="2">romhpa-san
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| − | <TR><TH>Fem<TD>roimhpe-se
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| − | </TABLE>
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| − | ===Possessive inflected forms:===
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| − | <TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD><sup>L</sup><TD><sup>N</sup>
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| − | <TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD><sup>L</sup><TD><sup>N</sup> / X<sup>N</sup>
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| − | <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD><sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2"><sup>N</sup>
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| − | <TR><TH>Fem<TD><sup>H</sup>
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| − | </TABLE>
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| − | Note: ''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial (definition)|labial]] [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] <m, b, p, f>
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | ==References==
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| − | [[Category: Lexical Item]]
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| − | [[Category: Preposition]]
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