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:Sani loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.
:Sani loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.
The syntactic role of the contrasting element is clear in both sentences because the comment tells us how the topic behaves syntactically.
The syntactic role of the contrasting element is clear in both sentences because the comment tells us how the topic behaves syntactically.
"Also" clauses are analogous:
:''Sani dy ell ee Maið, as Hmorill iañt.''
:S. PROG love 3SG.F M., and H. also
: Sani loves Maið, and Hmorill does too.


==Existence==
==Existence==
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