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Demonstrative Pronouns.
238. The demonstrative pronouns are so or seo, this; sin, sain, soin, san, that; súd or siúd, that (yonder). The secondary forms o or eo, in, and iúd are very common in colloquial usage in Connaught and Munster.
These secondary forms have sometimes been written ṡo, ṡin, etc.
| Is fíor sin. | That is true. |
| ’Seaḋ san. | The matter is so. |
| Tá sé go h‑aindeis agat, tá san. | You have it in a mess, so you have. |
| B’in í an áit. | That was the place. |
| Deirim-se gurb iúd é an fear ḋíḃ. | I say that that is the man for you. |
| B’ in é críoċ an sgéil. | That was the end of the affair. |
| An in é an bosga? | Is that the box? |
| Ní h‑oí an áit. | This is not the place, |
| B’ in é an buaċaill ċuige. | That was the boy for it. |
239. When we are referring to a definite object these pronouns take the form é seo, í seo, iad so, é sin, í sin, iad sain, etc. This is especially the case when the English words "this," "that," etc., are equivalent to "this one," "that one," etc.
| Tóg é sin. | Lift (or take) that. |
| ’Sé seo an fear. | This is the man. |
| Dob’ é sin Seaġán. | That was John. |
| ’Sí sin Briġid. | That’s Brigid. |
| Cé h‑iad so? | Who are these? |
| An é siúd Tomás. | Is that (person yonder) Thomas? |
| Ní h‑é, ’sé siúd é, or siúd é é. | No; that’s he. |
