How to use demonstrative pronouns in Gaelic

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Gaelic

You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Gaelic? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Gaelic lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Gaelic demonstrative pronouns easy for you.

Gaelic demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. A unique feature of Gaelic is that, unlike English, the demonstrative pronoun comes after the noun. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'seo' in Gaelic.

Examples

an t-ubhal seo
this apple
am bòrd seo
this table
am boireannach seo
this woman
an t-each seo
this horse
an taigh seo
this house
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Gaelic is a celtic language related to Welsh, Irish, Cornish and Breton. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Gaelic would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Gaelic

Learn to get by in Gaelic with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Gaelic, introduce yourself in Gaelic and even hold a conversation in Gaelic after you have met someone.

Fuirich math dhut!
Have a nice stay !
Deireadh seachdain math dhut !
Have a nice weekend !
Latha math dhut !
Have a nice day !
Oidhche mhath dhut !
Have a nice evening !
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Step 6 : Gaelic demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns leabhar, cathair and doras (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Gaelic demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Gaelic demonstrative pronouns with the nouns leabhar, cathair and doras and the plural nouns leabhraichean, cathracha and dorsan you can move on to Step 7 (Gaelic adjectives).

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