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Similarly, if the object of the verbal noun is a pronoun, then it is a possessive pronoun: Tá sé á phlé. "He's discussing it." (lit.: He is at its (i.e. the bicycle's) discussing) More examples: Tá sí do mo bhualadh. "She's hitting me." Tá siad do do phlé. "They are discussing you." Tá sé á pógadh. "He's kissing her." Tá tú dár ...
Gaelic uses possessive determiners (corresponding to my, your, their, etc.) differently from English. In Gaelic, possessive determiners are used mostly to indicate inalienable possession, for example for body parts or family members. As indicated in the following table, some possessive determiners lenite the following word.
the possessive pronouns mo "my" and do "your (singular)" become m' and d' before a vowel or fh + vowel, as in m'óige "my youth", d'fhiacail "your tooth" the preverbal particle do becomes d' before a vowel or fh + vowel, as in d'ardaigh mé "I raised", d'fhanfadh sé "he would wait"
Possessive determiners commonly have similar forms to personal pronouns. In addition, they have corresponding possessive pronouns, which are also phonetically similar. The following chart shows the English, German, [13] and French personal pronouns, possessive determiners and possessive pronouns.
a haois "her age" (after possessive pronoun a "her"; compare with a aois, "his age" and a n-aois, "their age" with regular urú) go hÉirinn "to Ireland" (after preposition go "to, towards") le hAntaine "with Antaine" (after preposition le "with") na hoíche "of the night" (on feminine singular genitive noun after definite article)
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Class B pronouns are used after preverbs historically ending in consonants. They are characterized by starting with /d/, spelled as t or d (the forms beginning with t in the below table can also be sometimes spelled with d) and their irregular fusions with their preverbs. Class C pronouns are used with verbs within a nasalized subordinate clause.
The vocative is used in direct address, and is always preceded by the particle a, which triggers lenition (the vocative particle is not pronounced before a vowel sound). The first declension is the only declension in which the vocative is distinct from the nominative.