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Existential sentences also use ''laidh'': | Existential sentences also use ''laidh'': | ||
:''''' | :'''''Lid mrót.''''' | ||
:be-PRES.ANA apple | :be-PRES.ANA apple | ||
:''There's an apple.'' | :''There's an apple.'' | ||
(There's an apple there = '' | (There's an apple there = ''Lid mrót dju.'') | ||
"X has" uses a similar construction to existentials: | "X has" uses a similar construction to existentials: | ||
:''''' | :'''''Ljeona sob.''''' | ||
: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.) | ||