Deictic Adverbs

Deictic adverbs are constructed by combining the word an with one of the demonstrative particles: seo, sin, siud.

• an seo "here"
• an sin "there"
• an siud "yonder'

for example

1)

Tha	Màiri	an seo
be.pres	Mary	here
Mary is here

Note that an sin is never used as the there in Existentials (e.g. There was a man), instead ann by itself is used (Tha duine ann, there was a man (literally a man was in it))).

Use as Nouns

Sin, Seo, and siud can all be used as nouns without the an:

Tha seo mòr "this is big"

See also

• Deictic (definition)
• Demonstratives
• Adverb (definition)

References

• Fisher (2004)