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Learning the Irish Pronouns displayed below is vital to the language. Irish pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject). Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Irish Pronouns |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | Forainmneacha |
| I | mé/ mise |
| you | tú/ tusa |
| he | sé |
| she | sí |
| we | sinn |
| they | siad |
| me | agam/dom/orm/liom/uaim/chugam/asam/ionam |
| you | agat/duit/ort/leat/uait/chugat/asat/ionat |
| him | aige/dó/ar/leis/uaidh/chuige/as/ann |
| her | aici/di/uirthi/léi/uaithi/chuici/aisti/inti |
| us | againn/dúinn/orainn/linn/uainn/chugainn/asainn/ionainn |
| them | acu/dóibh/orthu/leo/uathu/chucu/astu/iontu |
| my | mo |
| your | do |
| his | a charr |
| her | a carr |
| our | ár gcarr |
| their | a gcarr |
| mine | mo |
| yours | do |
| his | a charr - his car |
| hers | a carr - her car |
| ours | ár |
| theirs | a |
Notice the structure of the Pronouns in Irish.
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Irish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Irish vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Irish Pronouns |
|---|---|
| I speak | labhraím |
| you speak | labhraíonn tú |
| he speaks | labhraíonn sé |
| she speaks | Labhraíonn sí |
| we speak | labhraimid |
| they speak | labhraíonn siad |
| give me | a thabhairt dom |
| a thabhairt duit | |
| give him | a thabhairt dó |
| give her | a thabhairt di |
| give us | a thabhairt dúinn |
| give them | a thabhairt dóibh |
| my book | mo leabhar |
| your book | do leabhar |
| his book | a leabhar |
| her book | a leabhar |
| our book | leabhar s'againne |
| their book | a gcuid leabhar |
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