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It's done!

Tha e air a dhèanamh

There are two ways in Gaelic to describe a completed action. In A1 Cuspair 6 we learned the adjectives dùinte (closed), fosgailte (open(ed)) and dèanta (done). These kind of adjectives are only used with some verbs. The other way, which can be used with any number of verbs, is to use the verbal noun with the ubiquitous preposition air (on), here used more in the sense of ‘after’. We use bha (was), tha (is) or bidh (will be) with air and the possessive pronouns to form a sentence.

possessive adjective with air / Buadhair seilbheach le air		Lenites? / Sèimheachadh?
air mo	on my	Yes / Tha
air do	on your	Yes / Tha
air a	on his	Yes / Tha
air a (before vowel) air a h-	on her	No / Chan eil
air ar (before vowel) ar n-	on our	No / Chan eil
air ur (before vowel) air ur n-	on your (plural)	No / Chan eil
air an (before b, f, m, p) air am	on their	No / Chan eil

air mo

on my

air do

on your

air a

on his

air a / air a h‑

on her

air ar / air ar n-

on our

air ur / air ur n-

on your (plural)

air an / air am

on their

Tha	an obair	air	a	dèanamh.	the work is done (literally the work is on its/her doing)
Is	the work	on	its/her	doing.

Tha	am  biadh	air	a	dhèanamh.	The food is made/done (literally the food is on its/his making)
Is	the food	on	its/his	doing/making.

The possessive adjectives refer back to the gender of the noun or pronoun. In the first example obair is feminine and so dèanamh is not lenited after a (her). In the second example biadh is masculine so dèanamh is lenited after a (his): dhèanamh .

Tha an doras dùinte

The door is closed