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Deictic adverbs are constructed by combining the word ''ann'' (possibly the 3rd person masculine inflected form of the preposition ann, although that is inconsistent with the related pattern in [[Modern Irish]]) with one of the [[Demonstratives|demonstrative particles]]: ''seo, sin, siud''. | Deictic adverbs are constructed by combining the word ''ann'' (possibly the 3rd person masculine inflected form of the preposition ann, although that is inconsistent with the related pattern in [[Modern Irish]]) with one of the [[Demonstratives|demonstrative particles]]: ''seo, sin, siud''. | ||
| − | * | + | *an seo "here" |
| − | * | + | *an sin "there" |
| − | * | + | *an siud "yonder' |
for example | for example | ||
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|Tha | |Tha | ||
|Màiri | |Màiri | ||
| − | | | + | |an seo |
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|be.pres | |be.pres | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 9 April 2012
Deictic adverbs are constructed by combining the word ann (possibly the 3rd person masculine inflected form of the preposition ann, although that is inconsistent with the related pattern in Modern Irish) with one of the demonstrative particles: seo, sin, siud.
- an seo "here"
- an sin "there"
- an siud "yonder'
for example
1)
Tha Màiri an seo be.pres Mary here Mary is here
Note that ann sin is never used as the there in Existentials (e.g. There was a man), instead ann by itself is used (Tha duine ann, there was a man (literally a man was in it))).
See also
External Links
References
- Fisher (2004)
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