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- An dtáinig éinne annso? Did anyone come here?
- “Cia h‑é do ḃáiḋ an macraiḋ?” ar cáċ. “Who is he who drowned the youths?” said all.
- Cé ṁéud uḃall agat? (or An ’mó uḃall agat?) Tá beagán agam. How many apples have you? I have a few.
- Uile ḋóiḃ. To them all.
- Do-ġeiḃmíd uile an bás. We all die.
- Do ċuadar so uile seaċa aṁail sgáile. All these went past like a shadow.
Distributive Pronouns.
242. The distributive pronouns are:—gaċ, each; gaċ uile, everyone; gaċ aon, each one, everyone; ceaċtar, either. ’Ċuile is a contraction for gaċ uile.
- Ní ḟuil ceaċtar aca agaim, I have not either of them.
- Bíoḋ a fios ag gaċ aon. Let each one know.
- Óir bíonn (bí) fíoċ Dé leis (ris) gaċ h‑aon ċailleas a reaċt. For the anger of God is on each one who violates His law.
N.B.—The tendency in present-day usage is to employ distributive adjectives followed by appropriate nouns rather than distributive pronouns: e.g. Everyone went home. Do ċuaiḋ gaċ uile duine a ḃaile.
