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Who- and what-questions use cleft constructions, using the interrogative in conjunction with a relative clause describing it. | Who- and what-questions use cleft constructions, using the interrogative in conjunction with a relative clause describing it. | ||
*''Tua an forca an sos?'' = Who feeds the man? (lit. Who is it that feeds...) | *''Tua (an) forca an sos?'' = Who feeds the man? (lit. Who is it that feeds...) | ||
*''Tua ri bhforca an sos?'' = Whom does the man feed? | *''Tua ri bhforca an sos?'' = Whom does the man feed? | ||
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*''Tua ri bhforcaín rú an sos?'' = Who fed the man? | *''Tua ri bhforcaín rú an sos?'' = Who fed the man? | ||
*''Tua an forcaín ron sos?'' = Whom did the man feed? | *''Tua (an) forcaín ron sos?'' = Whom did the man feed? | ||
===Conjunctions=== | ===Conjunctions=== | ||