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:'''''an léiste ri dtnáighidh hí dí''''' | :'''''an léiste ri dtnáighidh hí dí''''' | ||
:''the spirit she believes in'' (lit. the spirit that she believes in it) | :''the spirit she believes in'' (lit. the spirit that she believes in it) | ||
In the past tense, a participle modifying the head as an adjective puts the head into a ''patient'' role in the relative clause (by split ergativity). Hence, agents of a transitive verb must use the preposition ''ro'' plus a resumptive pronoun. | |||
A non-restrictive relative clause is marked with a pause (rendered as a dash "–") before the relative clause. | A non-restrictive relative clause is marked with a pause (rendered as a dash "–") before the relative clause. | ||