Clefts

Noun clefting

'S	e	a'	cheist	sin	a	fhreagairt	a	tha	doirbh.
Cop	it	the	question	that	Tran	answer.vn	wh-C	be.pres	difficult
'It is answering that question that is difficult.' (Adger 1994)

'S	e	am	ministear	a	tha	mis	a'	ceilidh	air	a-nochd.
Cop	it	the	minister	wh-C	be.pres	1sg	Prog	visit.vn	on	tonight
'It is the minister that I am visiting tonight.' (Adger 1994)

Clause clefting

'S

e

gun

do

bhuail

thu

an

cat

a

tha

mi

a'

ciallachadh.

Cop

it

that

Pst

strike.pst

2sg

the

cat

wh-C

be.pres

1sg

prog

mean.vn

'It is that you struck the cat that I mean.' (Adger 1994)

Adverb clefting

'S	ann	a-nochd	a	tha	mi	a'	ceilidh	air	minister.
Cop	in.3sg.m	tonight	wh-C	be.pres	1sg	prog	visit.vn	on	minister
'It is tonight that I am visiting a minister.' (Adger 1994)

Aspect phrase clefting

'S	ann	a'	ceilidh	air	minister	a	tha	mi	a-nochd.
Cop	in.3sg.m	prog	visit.vn	on	minister	wh-C	be.pres	1sg	tonight
'It is visiting a minister that I am tonight.' (Adger 1994)

'S e Dòmhnal a tha a dòl amach.

'S ann a' cluich a tha e

'S ann a glaschu a tha e

• chan e
• an e
• gur e
• b'e
• cha b'e
• Is ann
• chan ann
• an ann
• gur ann
• b' ann
• cha b'ann
• am b'ann
• gum b'ann

See Also

Cleft (definition)

External Links

Cleft sentence from Wikipedia