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leat & leibh

Gaelic, like many other languages, has a formal version of ‘you’ and an informal version of ‘you’. This difference in pronouns applies also to prepositional pronouns, such as with le (with). Use leibh to speak to: 

  • a group of people 
  • a stranger 
  • someone older or more senior to you

tapadh leibh

thank you

However, if you are speaking to a child or a friend, use leat. 

tapadh leat

thank you

What happens if you want to use le with another pronoun? We need to learn the correct prepositional pronouns. 

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

tapadh leat

thank you

tapadh leibh

thank you

Let’s learn the other prepositional pronouns. 

le + mi leam with me 
le + thu leat with you 
le + e leis with him / it 
le + i leatha with her / it 
le + sinn leinn with us 
le + sibh leibh with you  
le + iad leotha with them 

leam

with me

leat

with you

leis

with him

leatha

with her

leinn

with us

leibh

with you

leotha

with them