I found this in a textbook
Can you please tell me why in the first sentence there's "arian" and in the second "harian" even if they seem to be the same? Thank you.
-Ble mae ei arian e?
-Ble mae ei harian hi?
Is the pronoun changing the form?
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Yes, it is the possessive pronoun which makes the difference. The ei looks the same in both sentences, but it is really two different words:
ei + soft mutation means "his"
ei + aspirate mutation/h- before vowels means "her"
Examples: cath = "cat": ei gath o = "his cat", ei chath hi = "her cat";
arian = "money": ei arain o = "his money", ei harian hi = "her money"
(the pronoun after the noun is optional, but it is very often used; e and o for "he" are just dialectal differences)
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Curious-- which textbook are you using? Is it good?
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