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*''geil'' + X = "X wants" (lit. it is away from X)
*''geil'' + X = "X wants" (lit. it is away from X)
*''le'' + X + ''siarna'' = "X needs" (lit. X has a need)
*''le'' + X + ''siarna'' = "X needs" (lit. X has a need)
===Wh-questions===
Who- and what-questions use cleft constructions, using the interrogative in conjunction with a relative clause describing it.
*''Tua (hú) an forca an sos?'' = Who feeds the man?
*''Tua (hú) ri bhforca an sos?'' = Whom does the man feed?
In the preterite:
*''Tua ri bhforcaín rú an sos?'' = Who fed the man?
*''Tua an forcaín ron sos?'' = Whom did the man feed?


===Conjunctions===
===Conjunctions===