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:''It's a plant.'' (lit. ''A plant is in it.'') | :''It's a plant.'' (lit. ''A plant is in it.'') | ||
Predicate nouns are negated by placing '' | Predicate nouns are negated by placing ''dér'' /deːl/ 'there is no' in front of the predicate noun. | ||
===Predicative locatives=== | ===Predicative locatives=== | ||
Predicative locatives use the copula ''laidh'' /ʟeː/, which is negated to ''níl'' /niːʟ/. | Predicative locatives use the copula ''laidh'' /ʟeː/, which is negated to ''níl'' /niːʟ/. | ||
''Laidh ná | ''Laidh ná den suar.'' = 'I'm in the house.' | ||
''Laidh na | ''Laidh na caither lion.'' = 'The flowers are mine.' | ||
===Existential sentences=== | ===Existential sentences=== | ||
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*{{abbtip|/vaː/|''bhfá''}}: 'that (complement clause)' | *{{abbtip|/vaː/|''bhfá''}}: 'that (complement clause)' | ||
*{{abbtip|/kuə/|''cua-N, cuín''}}: 'because' | *{{abbtip|/kuə/|''cua-N, cuín''}}: 'because' | ||
*{{abbtip|/fɛn/|'' | *{{abbtip|/fɛn/|''fen-L''}}: 'if' | ||
*{{abbtip|/dɪm/|''deim-L''}}: when | *{{abbtip|/dɪm/|''deim-L''}}: when | ||
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:''I didn't succeed in finding it.'' | :''I didn't succeed in finding it.'' | ||
The infinitive-final order arose from constructions corresponding to modal verbs in English: originally the order was something similar to {{recon|''Drion gnúi | The infinitive-final order arose from constructions corresponding to modal verbs in English: originally the order was something similar to {{recon|''Drion gnúi enŋ''}} ("on-1SG drink.VN water"), then ''Drion enŋ le ghnúi'' (originally "I want water to drink") became more common, eventually to the exclusion of the original construction, which is archaic or high-register today for common modal expressions. | ||
===Passive constructions=== | ===Passive constructions=== | ||