Difference between revisions of "Sentential possession"

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*how to indicate obligation (I have to go/I need to go): [[Modality]]
 
*how to indicate obligation (I have to go/I need to go): [[Modality]]
 
*Idioms using Tha X aig Y structures:  
 
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**Need: Tha feum agam dòl [[Modality]]
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Revision as of 12:38, 20 June 2009

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:

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


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