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The meaning "alone" is achieved by combining aonar with the preposition i(“in”) and the possessive determiner for the person (or people) who is alone, as in:
Rinne mé i m’aonar é. ― I did it alone.
Tá tú i do chónaí i d’aonar. ― You (singular) are living alone.
Bhí sé ina aonar. ― He was alone.
Tá sí ina haonar. ― She is alone.
Chuamar ansin inár n-aonar. ― We went there alone.
Bhí sibh ag canadh in bhur n-aonar. ― You (plural) were singing alone.
Tá siad ag siúl ina n-aonar. ― They are walking alone.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
↑ 1.01.1Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
Edward Dwelly (1911) “aonar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan , 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN