Self

Emphasising Self

**Fhèin** (**Fhìn** for 1st person singular) can be added to a pronoun to indicate **Self** :
mi-fhìn - myself	sinn-fhèin † - ourselves
thu-fhèin - yourself	sibh-fhèin ‡ - yourself
e-fhèin - himself	iad-fhèin - themselves
i-fhèin - herself	iad-fhèin - themselves

† sinn-fhìn is not an uncommon alternative both in literature and spoken Gàidhlig
‡ this is frequently voiced as sibh-pèin in spoken Gàidhlig. This mutation habitually occurs when sounds bh and fh meet

**Fhèin** can also be used with the possessive adjective, but this time it gets the meaning **own** :
mo leabhar fhìn - my own book mo chù fhìn - my own dog	ar leabhar fhèin - our own book ar cù fhèin - our own dog
do leabhar fhèin - your own book do chù fhèin - your own dog	ur leabhar fhèin - your own book ur cù fhèin - your own dog
a leabhar fhèin § - his own book a chù fhèin - his own dog	an leabhar fhèin ‡ - their own book an cù fhèin ‡ - their own dog
a leabhar fhèin § - her own book a cù fhèin - her own dog

† ar [noun] fhìn is not an uncommon alternative both in literature and spoken Gàidhlig
‡ where you think there might be confusion with the meaning an leabhar fhèin - the book itself then use the prepositional pronouns of aig (see below)
§ with non leniting initial consonants (l, n, r, sg, sp and st) any confusion between his own and her own can be avoided by using the prepositional pronouns of aig (see below). Although l, n, and r are distinctly lenited in speech.

**Fhèin** (**Fhìn** for 1st person singular) can also be used with the prepositional pronouns of **aig** that you met in :
an leabhar agam fhìn - my own book	an leabhar againn-fhèin - our own book
an leabhar agad-fhèin - your own book	an leabhar agaibh-fhèin‡ - your own book
an leabhar aige-fhèin - his own book	an leabhar aca-fhèin - their own book
an leabhar aice-fhèin - her own book	an leabhar aca-fhèin - their own book

† againn-fhìn is not an uncommon alternative both in literature and spoken Gàidhlig
‡ this is frequently voiced as agaibh-pèin

NEW WORDS

**Verbs**
coimhead, coimhead (air) - look (at)	fairich, faireachdainn - feel
ionaltair, ionaltradh - graze

**EXERCISE 1 Translate into English**
1.An taigh agam fhìn	2.An seòmar aice fhèin
3.A seòmar fhèin	4.Chan eil mi-fhìn a' faireachdainn cho math
5.Tha thu-fhèin a' coimhead gu math	6.Bha ar crodh fhèin ag ionaltradh gu math
7.Seo an taigh agamsa, agus siud an taigh aig mo bhràthair-sa	8.Tha còta ùr aicese
9.Am bi sibh-fhèin a' dol air saor-làithean? Bithidh	10.Chan eil cofaidh anns a' chopan agamsa ann

**ANSWERS EXERCISE 1**
1.My own house	2.Her own room
3.Her own room	4.I don't feel so good myself
5.You are looking well yourself	6.Our own cattle were grazing well
7.This is my house, and yonder is my brother's house	8.She has a new coat
9.Will you, yourself, be going on holiday? Yes	10.There isn't any coffee in my cup

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