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