Monday, June 27, 2011

''To have''

There is no verb 'to have' in Gaelic, so instead people say that things are 'at them'. Use the verb 'to BE' and the preposition 'aig' (= at).

Tha (noun) aig (noun/person).
BE (noun) at (noun/person).
(noun/person) has (noun).

ex. Tha cupa cofaidh aig Ruth. Ruth has a cup of coffee.

'Aig' (like most Gaelic prepositions) conjugates according to person. This means that if you want to say something such as 'She has a banana', you have to use the correctly conjugated 'prepostional pronoun'.

aig + i (she) = aice

Tha banana aice.
Be banana at-her.
She has a banana.

Conjugations for aig:
agam = at-me
agad = at-you (sing.)
aige = at-him
aice = at-her
againn = at-us
agaibh = at-you (plur. & polite)
aca = at-them

Other Examples:
Tha bean aige. bean = wife/woman
Tha duine aice. duine = husband/man/person
Tha leabhar againn. leabhar = book
Tha taigh agaibh. taigh = house

Some Expressions:
Tha fhios agam. = I know.
fios/fhios = knowledge

Tha gaol agam ort. = I love you.
BE love at-me on-you.
gaol = love, ort = on-you

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