Many of the prepositions have combination forms with the common pronouns.
There are prepositional pronouns, special combined forms of
prepositions and pronouns that should be used.
|
singular |
plural |
|
1st
(me) |
2nd
(you) |
3rd
(he, it / she) |
1st
(us) |
2nd
(you-all) |
3rd
(them) |
ag (at) |
agam |
agat |
aige
aici |
againn |
agaibh |
acu |
ar (on) |
orm |
ort |
air
uirthi |
orainn |
oraibh |
orthu |
as (from) |
asam |
asat |
as
aisti |
asainn |
asaibh |
astu |
chuig (to) |
chugam |
chugat |
chuige
chuici |
chugainn |
chugaibh |
chucu |
de (off) |
diom |
diot |
de
di |
dinn |
dibh |
diobh |
do (to/for) |
dohm |
duit |
dó
di |
dúinn |
daoibh |
dóibh |
faoi (under) |
fúm |
fút |
faoi
fúithi |
fúinn |
fúibh |
fútha |
i (in) |
ionam |
ionat |
ann
inti |
ionainn |
ionaibh |
iontu |
le (with) |
liom |
leat |
leis
léi |
linn |
libh |
leo |
ó (from) |
uaim |
uait |
uaidh
uathi |
uiann |
uaibh |
uathu |
trí (through) |
tríom |
tríot |
tríd
tríthi |
trínn |
tríbh |
tríothu |
um (around) |
uman |
umat |
uime
uimpi |
umainn |
umaibh |
umpu |
roimh (before) |
romhan |
romhat |
roimhe
roimpi |
romhainn |
romhaibh |
rompu |
thar (over) |
tharam |
tharat |
thairis |
thairainn |
thariabh |
tharstu |
idir (between) |
idir mé |
idir tú |
idir é
idir í |
eadrainn |
eadraibh |
eatarthu |
Prepositions can cause some changes to words that follow them.
|
words beginning with
a consonant |
words beginning with
a vowel |
ag (at) |
no change |
no change |
ar (on) |
lenition (not l, n, r) |
no change |
as (from) |
no change |
no change |
chuig (to) |
no change |
no change |
do (to, for) |
lenition (not l, n, r) |
becomes d' |
go (to) |
no change |
adds h- |
go dti (to) |
no change |
no change |
i/in (in) |
urú (not l, m, n, r, s) |
no change |
le (with) |
no change |
adds h- |
ó (from) |
lenition (not l, n, r) |
no change |
When these prepositions are used with the singular article 'an', some
of them can change to combined forms, such as:
do + an |
dan (to the, for the) |
i + an |
sa (in the), used before consonants |
in + an |
san (in the), used before vowels |
le + an |
leis an (with the) |
ó + an |
ón (from the) |
Finally, when used with the plural article 'na', there are a few combined
forms
i + na |
sna (in the) |
le + na |
leis na (with the) |
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