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quial speech of the Highland people, the
form given above is that all but universally-
employed — the form, to wit, which makes
that my property which is at me, nearest me,
so long as I can, or choose to, keep it
there.
If again, with the help of a verb, I make
a distinct statement in regard to the hold-
ing of property, the same principle comes
at once into play. Thus, tha tigh aoain =
is house at me = I have a house ; tka tigh
agad= is house at thee = thou hast a house ;
tka tigh aige = '\s house at him = he has a
house ; t/ia tigh aig Seuinas = is house at
James = James has a house.
And here I pray the reader to observe
that to this analytic form there is in Gaelic
no alternative synthetic form of speech, by-
means of which a definite statement, in
regard to the holding of property, may be
clearly and grammatically made. There
is, indeed, speaking broadly, an alternative
analytic form, by the use the preposition
/e, with, which shall be fully considered in
a subsequent chapter. What here falls to