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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== | ||