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Bha mi nam dhùisg!

I was awake!

Gaelic has a small number of  verbal nouns which distinguish between a state or condition and an action. To express the state, we use the prepositional possessives we learnt in Cuspair 7.

Preposition + possessivePrepositional PossessiveLenites?
ann + mo =nam in myYes
ann + do =nad in yourYes
ann + a =na in hisYes
ann + a/
a h- =
na/
na h‑
(before vowels) in her
No
ann + ar/
ar n- =
nar in ourNo
ann + ur/
ur n- =
nur/
nur n- (before vowels) in your (pl)
No
ann + an/
am =
nan/
nam (before b, f, m, p) in their
No

nam

in my

nad

in your

na

in his

na/na h‑

in her

nar

in our

nur/nur n-

in your (pl)

nan / nam

in their 

Our list here shows some of the most common verbal nouns that can be stative. We will learn more later on.

seasamh (m)

standing

cadal (m)

sleeping

laighe (f)

lying

suidhe (m)

sitting

dùisg (f)

awake

ruith (f)

running

tost (m)

silence

crùban (m)

crouch

Bha mi nam chadal fad an latha.

I was sleeping all day.

Bha mi nam sheasamh aig a’ bhàr fad na h-oidhche.

I was standing at the bar all night.

Bha thu nad dhùisg gu math tràth sa mhadainn.

You were awake very early in the morning.

An robh thu nad ruith aig an àm?

Were you running at the time?

Cha bhi i na dùisg aig an àm sin.

She won’t be awake at that time.

An neach nach cinn na chadal, cha chinn e na dhùisg.

He who will not prosper in his sleep, will not prosper when awake