tha

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Pronoun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Scottish Gaelic 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Verb 2.3.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ðaː/

  Rhymes: -aː

[edit] Pronoun

tha

1. (Northern England) Eye dialect spelling of thou.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aht
• hat

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ha/, /ha:/

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish tó, taí, tá... (Modern Irish tà), from PIE *sta-, 'stand'.

[edit] Verb

tha

1. am, are, is

   Tha mi pòsda. - I'm married.

   Tha mi à Colbhasa. - I am from Colonsay.

   Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil. - I am thinking so.

   Tha thu fadalach. - You are late.

   Tha an duine anns an taigh. - The man is in the house.

2. there is, there are

   Tha duine anns an taigh. - There is a man in the house.

   Tha daoine anns an taigh. - There are men in the house.

[edit] Usage notes

• The root of the verb is bi, the infinitive is a bhith.
• The dependent form, used after particles, is bheil or eil, depending on the particle in question.
• Tha is used as an affirmative answer to questions formed with bheil or eil.

  A bheil thu toilichte? - Tha.

  Are you happy? - Yes.

• When linking the subject of a sentence with an object ("somebody is somebody", "somebody is something", "something is something"), the verb is is used:

  Tha mise anns an t-seòmar. - I am in the room.

  Is mise Dòmhnall. - I am Donald.