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Questions follow a slightly different word order from the default, depending on several factors (such as polarity, tense, particle) which makes them one of the more complex parts of the grammar.
Questions follow a slightly different word order from the default, depending on several factors (such as polarity, tense, particle) which makes them one of the more complex parts of the grammar.


In simple direct questions replace the direct object with the relevant wh-word.
In simple questions replace the direct object with the relevant wh-word.
: ''Ísdh úid?'' "What is that?"
: ''Ísdh úid?'' "What is that?"
: ''Náscas úid?'' "What do you doubt?"
: ''Náscas úid?'' "What do you doubt?"


For emphasis, it is possible to front the wh-word.  
For emphasis, it is possible to front the wh-word.  
: ''Úid ísdh tódh?'' "''What'' is that?"  
: ''Úid ísdh?'' "''What'' is that?"  
: ''Úíd náscas?'' "''What'' do you doubt?"
: ''Úíd náscas?'' "''What'' is it that you doubt?"


In yes/no questions, the usual word order applies in the present tense.
In yes/no questions, the usual word order applies in the present tense.
: ''Ísdh an sád penna?'' "Is that her pen?"
: ''Ísdh an sád penna?'' "Is that her pen?"
:: ''Ísdh.'' "It is."
:: ''Ísdh.'' "It is."
:: ''Anísdh.'' "It's not."
:: ''Anísdh.'' "It is not."
 
In the past tense, the position of the question element is variable. At the fundamental level it has to do with whether one is using the full (''bhúir-'') or the reduced form (''bhúi'') of ''ísan'' to form the past tense. This has some consequences for the negation and the postverbal particles.
: ''(Ne) bhúirann an dhann sod tódh?'' "Did I (not) give it to him?"
 
: ''An bhúi (ne) dhann sod tódh ía?'' "Did I (not) give it to him?"
 
The pattern can be described formally as
:''Q V<sub>1</sub> {{sc|neg}} V<sub>2</sub> {{sc|particle}}… '', e.g. ''An bhúi ne lússo ca méd tódh so'' "And he didn't tell me?"


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