Did you notice that a’ bruidhinn (speaking), ag ràdh (saying) and thuirt (said) are often followed by the preposition ri. Though ri has other meanings, it’s the preposition Gaelic uses for English ‘to’ with verbs of communication: talking to, speaking to, and also listening to, ag èisteachd ri.
We often use the preposition ri with a pronoun (e.g. I, you, it), to give us phrases such as “to me” and “to you”. We just need to learn these words to give us these new sentences. We already know the structure.
Dè thuirt e riut?
What did he say to you?
Dè thuirt e ribh?
What did he say to you?
Let’s learn the other prepositional pronouns.
rium
ri + mi
riut
ri + thu
ris
ri + e
rithe
ri + i
rinn
ri + sinn
ribh
ri + sibh
riutha
ri + iad