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Questions follow a slightly different word order from the default, depending on several factors (such as polarity, tense, particle) which makes them one of the more complex parts of the grammar. | Questions follow a slightly different word order from the default, depending on several factors (such as polarity, tense, particle) which makes them one of the more complex parts of the grammar. | ||
In simple | In simple questions replace the direct object with the relevant wh-word. | ||
: ''Ísdh úid?'' "What is that?" | : ''Ísdh úid?'' "What is that?" | ||
: ''Náscas úid?'' "What do you doubt?" | : ''Náscas úid?'' "What do you doubt?" | ||
For emphasis, it is possible to front the wh-word. | For emphasis, it is possible to front the wh-word. | ||
: ''Úid ísdh | : ''Úid ísdh?'' "''What'' is that?" | ||
: ''Úíd náscas?'' "''What'' | : ''Úíd náscas?'' "''What'' is it that you doubt?" | ||
In yes/no questions, the usual word order applies in the present tense. | In yes/no questions, the usual word order applies in the present tense. | ||
: ''Ísdh an sád penna?'' "Is that her pen?" | : ''Ísdh an sád penna?'' "Is that her pen?" | ||
:: ''Ísdh.'' "It is." | :: ''Ísdh.'' "It is." | ||
:: ''Anísdh.'' "It' | :: ''Anísdh.'' "It is not." | ||
In the past tense, the position of the question element is variable. At the fundamental level it has to do with whether one is using the full (''bhúir-'') or the reduced form (''bhúi'') of ''ísan'' to form the past tense. This has some consequences for the negation and the postverbal particles. | |||
: ''(Ne) bhúirann an dhann sod tódh?'' "Did I (not) give it to him?" | |||
: ''An bhúi (ne) dhann sod tódh ía?'' "Did I (not) give it to him?" | |||
The pattern can be described formally as | |||
:''Q V<sub>1</sub> {{sc|neg}} V<sub>2</sub> {{sc|particle}}… '', e.g. ''An bhúi ne lússo ca méd tódh so'' "And he didn't tell me?" | |||
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