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Latest revision as of 17:37, 11 November 2013
Negation in Scottish Gaelic can occur at the clausal level, the constituent level, or at the word level.
Sentential Negation
At the sentence level, a negative particle precedes the entire clause:
CHAN signifies a negative, declarative clause.
| Chan | eil | iad | gu math | |||
| NEG | are | they | well | |||
| 'They are not well.' | ||||||
NACH signifies a negative, interrogative clause.
| Nach | eil | iad | gu math | |||
| NEG | are | they | well | |||
| 'Are they not well?' | ||||||
NA signifies a negative imperative sentence.
| Na | ith | |||||
| NEG | eat.imp | |||||
| 'Don't eat!' | ||||||
Constituent Negation
The prepositions gun and as aonais are used to negate certain constituents:
| duine | gun | chiall | ||||
| a man | NEG | sense | ||||
| 'a man without sense' | ||||||
| as aonais | nan | each | ||||
| NEG | the | horses | ||||
| 'without the horses' | ||||||
