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Having with Ag

Level 1

Irish commonly expresses possession with bí and ag: Tá carr agam. The possessed item is the grammatical subject.

How It Works

Irish commonly expresses possession with bí and ag: Tá carr agam. The possessed item is the grammatical subject.

In the possession pattern, the possessed item comes after bí as its subject. Ag names the possessor, either as a noun phrase or an inflected preposition. Tá carr ag Nóra and Tá carr aici both say that Nóra or she has a car.

Examples (3)

  1. Tá carr agam.

    I have a car.

  2. Tá leabhar ag Nóra.

    Nóra has a book.

  3. Níl airgead againn.

    We do not have money.

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