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:NEG thing DET NEG change-PRET
:NEG thing DET NEG change-PRET
:'Everything changed.' (literally 'Nothing did not change.')
:'Everything changed.' (literally 'Nothing did not change.')
===Contrasting===
Contrastive part-clauses borrow the syntax from cleft constructions used in focus clauses.
:''D'ell Rewhd a Maið, ah twm ry Hmorill.''
: Rewhd loves Maið, but Hmorill does not [love him].
:''D'ell a Rewhd a Maið, ah twm a Gelli.''
:Rewhd loves Maið, but not Gelli.


==Noun phrase==
==Noun phrase==
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