Nouns/noun Phrases Flashcards
There
An sin (an shin)= right there (sth not too far away)
Thall an siud (hawl an shüt)= sth that is rather far away
Thall= over there (a broader general area)
An siud= over there (Implies that something is in a particular spot)
Caraid (carich)
Latha math a charaid (a kharich)
Friend
(My) friend/ (oh) friend
Emphatic pronouns (?)
Mi = mise Sibh = sibhse Thu = thusa/tusa Sinn = sinne E = esan I = ise Iad = iadsan
‘S ann (‘tsaoun)
Used for emphasis. More or less like إنّ in Arabic
Ex: ‘S ann á Aimeireaga a tha mi
“I’m from America” (lit. It is from America that I am)
Air (on) + pronouns
Sibh= oirbh
Chan eil ach…
I only [do] …
Ex: chan eil ach corra fhacal Gàidhlig agam
I only speak a few words of Gaelic (lit. I don’t speak Gaelic but for a few words)
Ur
Your (possessive)
In me
Annam (pro. Annam)
Emphatic (for comparisons) annamsa
If it is a noun that you way to emphasize you need to use what instead of S’ ann?
‘S e (shortened form of is e)
In
Ann an (aun an)
A tha
That/which is…
That is in my…
Ann an mo = nam (contraction)
A tha nam bhean (that is in my wife)
Anns an duine agam (ounce an dunye akam)
Ann an +an = anns an
In my husband (lit. In the husband at me)
Chan e
Negation of ‘s e, “it is not”
An e?
Question form of ‘s e, lit. “Is it?”
