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Revision as of 05:18, 29 October 2013
Conjunctions link two similar words or phrases together into a single phrase. English conjunctions include and, or, but. In Gaelic the conjunctions include:
- 'ach, "but"
- agus or 's or 'is, "and"
- "no" (pronounced [njo], "or"
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Pronoun-Pronoun Coordination
When pronouns are coordinated, emphatic or reflexive forms of pronouns are used rather than plain forms.
Chunnaic mi fhin agus thu fhèin Iain. see.pst 1sg self and 2sg self Iain 'I and you saw Iain.'
Chunnaic mise agus thusa Iain. see.pst 1sg.emph and 2sg.emph Iain 'I and you saw Iain.'
*Chunnaic mi agus thu Iain. see.pst 1sg and 2sg Iain
Pronoun-Noun Coordination
Dh'feumainn fhin agus na fir agam dusgadh. must.cond.1sg self and the men at.1sg wake.vn 'I and my men would have to wake up.'
The second conjunct can move to the end of the clause, but only with intonational break indicated by a comma following the verb.
Dh'feumainn fhin dusgadh, agus na fir agam. must.cond.1sg self wake.vn and the men at.1sg 'I and my men would have to wake up.'
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References
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
