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• Ó '''Nider'''. “from Nider” | • Ó '''Nider'''. “from Nider” | ||
== | ==SyntaxSídhish is verb–subject–object (VSO) language. The language inclines very strongly towards the use of auxiliaries with its verbs. The present tense is constructed with im ('to be') as an auxiliary verb, with the main verb appearing as a verb-noun (used in a way loosely equivalent to an infinitive) after the particle is:== | ||
The language inclines very strongly towards the use of auxiliaries with its verbs. The present tense is constructed with im ('to be') as an auxiliary verb, with the main verb appearing as a verb-noun (used in a way loosely equivalent to an infinitive) after the particle is: | |||
''As Galann is meanadh é Rinfae'' | ''As Galann is meanadh é Rinfae'' | ||
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• crídh '''th'''áin "your tooth" | • crídh '''th'''áin "your tooth" | ||
• | • rígh '''ph'''er "his building” | ||
'''After certain prepositions''' | '''After certain prepositions''' | ||
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'''After plural possessive pronouns''' | '''After plural possessive pronouns''' | ||
The possessive pronouns that trigger eclipsis are | The possessive pronouns that trigger eclipsis are cragh "our", crídh "your (pl.)", bríadh "their" | ||
• cragh '''gc'''ernall "our brothers" | • cragh '''gc'''ernall "our brothers" | ||