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Th’ = tha

In the sentence ’S e Anna an t-ainm a th’ orm, it is important to note that in spoken Gaelic tha is shortened to th’ when a vowel follows it. You might see the full version written, but don’t let it throw you off your game.  We use both in SpeakGaelic.

What happens if you want to ask people what another person’s name is? Or you want to answer that question. First, we need to learn the correct prepositional pronouns. 

We often use the preposition air with a pronoun (e.g. I, you, it), to give us phrases such as “on me” and “on you”. We just need to learn these words to give us these new sentences. We already know the structure. 

Dè an t-ainm a th’ oirbh?

What is your name?

Dè an t-ainm a th’ ort?

What is your name?

Let’s learn the other prepositional pronouns.

air + mi orm on me 
air + thu ort on you 
air + e air on him / it 
air + i oirre on her / it 
air + sinn oirnn on us 
air + sibh oirbh on you  
air + iad orra on them 

orm

on me

ort

on you

air

on him

oirre

on her

oirnn

on us

oirbh

on you

orra

on them