Equative

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Equatives in Gaelic

  • In order to express equatives such as 'Cicero is Tully', Gaelic uses the expression below:
'S e Cicero agus Tully an aon duine.
Cop.Pres AUG Cicero and Tully the same person
'Cicero and Tully are the same person.'

rather than:

*'S e Cicero Tully.
Cop.Pres AUG Cicero Tully
'Cicero is idential to Tully.'

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