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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=== | ||