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:''She is tall.''
:''She is tall.''


Predicate adjectives are negated by placing ''tir (h)'' in front of the adjective:
Predicate adjectives are negated by placing ''þjeor (L)'' in front of the adjective:
:'''''Tir haonan ú cua tir sheolacht hú.'''''
:''Þjeor on na lu kin þjeor bjoleoct hu.''
:''I don't do it because it's not legal.''
:/ɕɔɾ un na lü t͡ɕin ɕɔɾ bjuwɔct hü/


The construction ''laidh'' + subject + ''de'' + adjective may also be used in literary writing.
The construction ''lid'' + subject + ''djeo'' + adjective may also be used in literary writing.


===Predicative nouns===
===Predicative nouns===