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exercise XXVIII
§ 180 THe verb 'to have'
There is no verb "to have" in modern Irish. The want is supplied thus: The sentence, "Conn has a horse" is translated "There is a horse at Conn". The same construction is found in Greek, Latin, and other languages.
Examples
| Atá capall ag Séamus | James has a horse |
| Níl túirne ag Nóra anois | Nora has not a wheel now |
| Atá capall óg aige | He has a young horse |
§ 181 Forms
| Munster | |||
| at me | agam | (og'am) | (og'ŭm) |
| at thee, you | agat | (og'ath) | (og'ŭth) |
| at us | againn | (og'an) | (og'in) |
| at them | aca | (ok'-e) | (ok'-ŭ) |
| at him | aige | (eg'-ĕ) | (eg-e') |
| at her | aici | (ek'-ee) | (ek-i) |
Notice the pronunciation of aige and aici is exceptional, the ai being sounded like e and not like a.
Atá capall agam , I have a horse. Níl bó aici, she has not a cow; Níl bád aca, They have not a boat
note that
phonetic
symbols
are
not
necessarily
pronounced
as in English
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