I'm sorry, Sara, but I don't. Just what is the genitive of James? It might come in handy. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Sara Thomas Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:47 PM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SUT] Naming conventions It's the genitive (possessive) of 'George': Seòras - (pron. 'shore - us') is the subject or direct object form Sheòrais - (pron 'hyore - ish') is the genitive - 'of George'. D'you remember my lesson on Sheumas & Hamish??? Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Morrison" <ianmorrison@msn.com> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] Naming conventions > Hi Claire: > I'm sorry to say that "Heorish" has me stumped. Please tell me the date of the entry and whether the person whose event is recorded had any siblings. >

Seumas (pron. shay -mus) is the nominative and accusative Sheumais (pron. hay -mish) is the genitive and vocative Tha Seumas an seo (pron. show) - James is here (nom) Chunnaic mi Seumas an-dè - I saw James yesterday (acc) Cat Sheumais - (kaht haymish) James's cat (gen) Ciamar a tha thu, a' Sheumais? (kaymer a ha oo, a haymish?) How are you, James? (voc) Can we leave what happens after a preposition till another time?!! Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Morrison" <ianmorrison@msn.com> To: "Sara Thomas" <sethomas@btinternet.com>; "Sutherland-List" <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] Naming conventions I'm sorry, Sara, but I don't. Just what is the genitive of James? It might come in handy. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Sara Thomas Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:47 PM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SUT] Naming conventions It's the genitive (possessive) of 'George': Seòras - (pron. 'shore - us') is the subject or direct object form Sheòrais - (pron 'hyore - ish') is the genitive - 'of George'. D'you remember my lesson on Sheumas & Hamish??? Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Morrison" <ianmorrison@msn.com> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] Naming conventions > Hi Claire: > I'm sorry to say that "Heorish" has me stumped. Please tell me the date of the entry and whether the person whose event is recorded had any siblings. >