In English we use tone of voice but Gaelic has emphatic forms for pronouns to do this!
annam | annamsa |
annad | annadsa |
ann | annsan |
innte | inntese |
annainn | annainne |
annaibh | annaibhse |
annta | anntasan |
’S e dealbhadair a th’ annadsa
You’re a designer
’S e dealbhadair a th’ inntese
She’s a designer
We are also comfortable in asking people directly what their job is by using Dè an obair a th’ agad / a th’ agaibh, but we might be talking about others. Let’s take a quick look back at the prepositional pronouns and learn the emphatic form.
aig + mi | agam | have / at me |
aig + thu | agad | have / at you |
aig + e | aige | have / at him / it |
aig + i | aice | have / at her / it |
aig + sinn | againn | have / at us |
aig + sibh | agaibh | have / at you |
aig + iad | aca | have / at them |
Dè an obair a th’ aige?
What job does he have?
Dè an obair a th’ aice?
What job does she have?
agam | agamsa | have / at me |
agad | agadsa | have / at you |
aige | aigesan | have / at him |
aice | aicese | have / at her |
againn | againne | have / at us |
agaibh | agaibhse | have / at you |
aca | acasan | have / at them |
Dè an obair a th’ aigesan?
What job does he have?
Dè an obair a th’ aicese?
What job does she have?