The Verb TO HAVE
| Tha cù aig an duine - The man has a dog Literally: There is a dog at the man |
| agam - at me | againn - at us |
| agad - at you | agaibh - at you |
| aige - at him | aca - at them |
| aice - at her |
| Tha cù agam - I have a dog |
| Bha leabhar aige - He had a book |
| Bidh taigh ùr againn - We'll have a new house |
| Chan eil biadh aca - They don't have any food |
| An robh gàrradh agaibh? - Did you have a garden? |
| Tha càt aice - She has a cat |
| Nach eil peann agad?- Do you not have a pen? |
| Tha a' chathair aig a' bhalach cofhartail - The boy's chair is comfortable |
| Tha am biadh aig an nighean fuar - The girl's food is cold |
| Bha an taigh aig an duine anns a' ghleann sin. The man's house was in that glen |
| Tha fios agam air - I know (a fact) about Literally: I have knowledge on |
| A bheil fios agad air an tubaist? - Do you know about the accident? |
| Tha fios aig a h-uile duine air a sin - Everyone knows that |
| Prepositional Pronoun |
Suffix | Examples |
| agam | sa | Tha cù agamsa - I have a dog |
| agad | sa | Nach eil peann agadsa?- Do you not have a pen? |
| aige | san | Bha leabhar aigesan - He had a book |
| aice | se | Tha cat aicese - She has a cat |
| againn | ne | The taigh ùr againne - We have a new house |
| agaibh | se | A bheil gàrradh agaibhse? - Do you have a garden? |
| aca | san | Chan eil biadh acasan - They don't have any food |
‡ Gàidhlig unlike English does not normally indicate stress or emphasis by lengthening or changing the pitch of words. Luckily the emphatic endings are the same for all other prepositional pronouns you have still to meet
NEW WORDS 
| grod - rotten, grotty |
| biadh (m) - food | botal (m) - bottle |
| ceann (m) - head | copan (m) - cup |
| fios (m) - knowledge | gàrradh (m) - garden |
| pian (m) - pain | saor-là (m) - holiday |
| uisge (m) - water | |
| Beurla (f) - English language | ceist (f) -question |
| freagairt (f) - answer | seacaid (f) - jacket |
| obair (f) - work, job |
| 1.Tha taigh ùr agamsa | 2.Bha oidhche mhath againn aig a' chèilidh |
| 3.Cha robh gàrradh aig an fhear | 4.Nach robh còta aig a' chaillich? Bha |
| 5.Chan eil Beurla aca, ach tha Gàidhlig mhath aca | 6.Chan eil uisge ann anns a' bhotal aige ach tha anns a' bhotal agamsa |
| 7.Bidh obair ùr agam anns an taigh-òsta | 8.Bhiodh feur ùr aig a' chaora anns an achadh siud |
| 9.Bha mi anns a' bhùth aig Anna an-dè | 10.Cha bhiodh sinn a' dol a-mach anns a' bhàta ùr againn |
| 1.There is fresh (ùr) milk in my cup | 2.Didn't he have a jacket? Yes |
| 3.Did you have a good holiday in Stornoway? Yes | 4.Isn't there an empty room in your hotel? No |
| 5.I have a bad pain in the head | 6.He has a new job now |
| 7.They don't have Gàidhlig | 8.I have (some) bread and cheese in the cupboard |
| 9.I know the answer to that question |
| 1.I have a new house | 2.We had a good night at the ceilidh |
| 3.The man didn't have a garden | 4.Didn't the old woman have a coat? Yes |
| 5.They don't have (any) English,but they have good Gàidhlig | 6.There isn't any water in his bottle but there is in my bottle |
| 7.I'll have a new job in the hotel | 8.The sheep would have fresh grass in that field |
| 9.I was in Anna's shop yesterday | 10.We wouldn't be going out in our new boat |
| 1.Tha bainne ùr anns a' chopan agam | 2.Nach robh seacaid aige? Bha |
| 3.An robh saor-là math agaibh ann an Steòrnabhagh? Bha | 4.Nach eil rùm falamh ann anns an taigh-òsta agaibh? Chan eil |
| 5.Tha pian dona agam anns a' cheann | 6.Tha obair ùr aige a-nis |
| 7.Chan eil Gàidhlig acasan | 8.Tha aran agus càise agamsa anns a' phreas |
| 9.Tha fios agam air an fhreagairt den cheist sin |
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