towards me
dham ionnsaigh
To talk about crime, we need to look at new compound prepositions.
We often use the preposition a dh'ionnsaigh (towards) with this topic and the prepositions a dh'aindeoin (in spite of) and a rèir (according to) can be seen often in the news.
dham ionnsaigh
As we learned in B1 , compound prepositions combine with the possessive adjectives: mo, do, a, a (h–), ar (n–), ur (n–), an/am .
| a dh'ionnsaigh | + | mo | → | dham ionnsaigh | towards me |
| a dh'ionnsaigh | + | do | → | dhad ionnsaigh | towards you |
| a dh'ionnsaigh | + | a | → | dha ionnsaigh | towards him |
| a dh'ionnsaigh | + | a h– | → | dha h–ionnsaigh | towards her |
| a dh'ionnsaigh | + | ar n– | → | dhar n–ionnsaigh | towards us |
| a dh'ionnsaigh | + | ur n– | → | dhur n–ionnsaigh | towards you (plural) |
| a dh'ionnsaigh | + | an | → | dhan ionnsaigh | towards them |
The a in a dh'ionnsaigh (towards) is really the preposition do/dha .
Therefore, to say 'towards me', we need to combine the simple preposition do/dha with the possessive adjectives.
We also need to remember to use an tuiseal ginideach (the possessive or genitive case) with definite nouns.
a rèir
according to
The compound preposition a rèir (according to) also uses the preposition do/dha and combines with the possessive adjectives in the same way:
a dh'aindeoin
in spite of
The compound preposition a dh'aindeoin (in spite of) is also followed by the genitive case: