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''for a definition of indirect object see: [[Indirect Object (definition)]]

==Word order==
In Scottish Gaelic, the indirect object must appear after the [[Direct Object (definition)|direct object]] and must be contained in a prepositional phrase as in (1). The structure paralleling the English ''Mary gave Bill the book'', where the indirect object isn't marked with a preposition and the indirect object precedes the object is ungrammatical (2)

1.
:{|
|Thug||Morag||leabhar||'''do Bhill'''||
|-
|give.Pst||Morag||a book||to Bill||
|-
|colspan="4"|'Morag gave a book to Bill.'
|}

2. (Ungrammatical!)
:{|
|*Thug||Morag||'''Bill'''||leabhar
|-
|give.Pst||Morag||Bill||a book
|-
|colspan="4"|'Morag gave Bill a book.'
|}
	
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==See Also==
*[[Valence (definition)]]
*[[Double Object Constructions (definition)]]

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