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A bheil thu gam thuigsinn? 

Do you understand me?

Until now we have used simple sentences with verbal nouns the –ing words, like dèanamh (doing), and tuigsinn (understanding). But if we want to say, for example, are you understanding me, we would not say a bheil thu a’ tuigsinn mi. That is an absolute no-no!  

If we want to use a pronoun, that is to say mi, thu, e, i, sinn, sibh, iad as the object of a verbal noun, we use a prepositional possessive. We combine the preposition aig (at) with a possessive adjective such as mo (my). The Gaelic for ‘understanding me’, becomes ‘gam thuigsinn’, literally ‘at my understanding’. 

And to say ‘I’m doing it’? Not a’ dèanamh e but ga dhèanamh! 

Preposition Prepositional Possessive Lenites? 
aig + mo = gam at my Yes 
aig + do = gad at your Yes 
aig + a = ga at his Yes 
aig + a/a h- = ga/ga h– (before vowels) at her No 
aig + ar/ar n- = gar at our No 
aig + ur/ur n- = gur/gur n- (before vowels) at your (pl) No 
aig + an/am = gan/gam (before b, f, m, p) at their No 

aig + mo

at my

aig + do

at your

aig + a

at his

aig + a/a h

at her

aig + ar/ar n

at our

aig + ur/ur n-

at your

aig + an/am

at their

gam

at my

gad

at your

ga

at his

ga/ga h-

at her

gar

at our

gur/gur n-

at your

gan/gam

at their