Errigal wrote:
MacBoo wrote:
You can also say, or write an leabhar seo aige or an leabhar seo aici to differentiate.
Yes, but that means "that book of his/hers" obviously - not the same thing. In Ulster Irish the form "an leabhar s'agam/agat/aige/aici" etc (often without the article) is quite commonly used instead of the possessive adjective - and not just to differentiate between his/her/their. I don't know if it's used in the other dialects.
As far as I know it's used in the other dialects as well, and sometimes 'instead of the possessive adjective' which is always used to differentiate between similar articles - mo leabhar, do leabhar, etc.
Tá leabhar ansin agus tá leabhar anseo.
But which is mine?
Tá mo leabhar ansin agus tá do leabhar anseo.
Tá a leabhar ansin agus tá a leabhar anseo.
And which is which?
Tá an leabhar seo aige ansin agus tá an leabhar seo aici anseo.
Whether it's as common in the other dialects as in Ulster, I don't know, but there is the famous Munster book "Jimín agus an Baile seo Againne." and there are numerous examples of its use in Ó Dónail.
But I don't know if you have always to use the emphatic form of the pronoun or not.