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==Transitive verb + noun object==

:{|
|Dh'ith
|Iain
|an
|t-aran.
|-
|eat.pst
|John
|the
|bread
|-
|colspan="2"| 'John ate the bread.' (MacAulay 1988)
|}

:{|
|Chuala
|Iain
|am
|fuaim.
|-
|hear.pst
|John
|the
|noise
|-
|colspan="2"| 'John heared the noise.' (MacAulay 1988)
|}

:{|
|Mharbh
|Iain
|Màiri.
|-
|kill.pst
|John
|Mary
|-
|colspan="2"| 'John killed Mary.' (MacAulay 1988)
|}

:{|
|Dh'iarr
|Iain
|airson
|an
|t-aran.
|-
|ask.pst
|John
|for
|the
|bread
|-
|colspan="2"| 'John asked for the bread.' (MacAulay 1988)
|}

==Transitive verb + finite clause==

:{|
|Chuala
|Iain
|gun
|do
|dh'ith
|Màiri
|an
|t-aran.
|-
|hear.pst
|John
|that
|
|eat.pst
|Mary
|the
|bread
|-
|colspan="2"| 'John heard that Mary ate the bread.' (MacAulay 1988)
|}

==Trnasitive verb + non-finite clause==

:{|
|Dh'iarr
|Iain
|an
|t-aran
|ithe.
|-
|ask.pst
|John
|the
|bread
|eat.vn
|-
|colspan="2"| 'John asked that the bread be eaten.' (MacAulay 1988)
|}


==External Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_%28linguistics%29 Copula from Wikipedia]

[[Category: Syntax]]