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Existential sentences also use ''laidh'':
Existential sentences also use ''laidh'':


:'''''Laidh mród.'''''
:'''''Lid mrót.'''''
:/ʁeː mɾɵːt/
:be-PRES.ANA apple
:be-PRES.ANA apple
:''There's an apple.''
:''There's an apple.''


(There's an apple there = ''Laidh mród diú.'')
(There's an apple there = ''Lid mrót dju.'')


"X has" uses a similar construction to existentials:
"X has" uses a similar construction to existentials:


:'''''Lion rúbh.'''''
:'''''Ljeona sob.'''''
:/ʁɪn ɾʉːv/
:to-1SG dog  
:to-1SG dog  
:''I have a dog.'' (lit. To me is a dog.)
:''I have a dog.'' (lit. To me is a dog.)
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