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Roimhearan Gàidhlig: ri agus na roimhearan riochdail

Gaelic prepositions: ri and its prepositional pronouns

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