Conjunction

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 [n^jo], "or"

Pronoun-agus-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-agus-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.'

See Also

• Conjunction (definition)
• Complementizer (definition)

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References

• Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.