Yes No Questions

Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(3))

An	robh	thu	sgith?
C.Q	be.PST	you	tired
'Were you tired?'

Negative Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(6))

Nach	robh	thu	sgith?
C.Q.NEG	be.PST	you	tired
'Weren't you tired?'

Embedded question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(4))

Dh'fhaignich	e	an	robh	thu	sgith.
ask.PST	he	C.Q	be.PST	you	tired
'He asked if you were tired.'

Negative embedded question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(8))

Dh'fhaignich	e	nach	robh	thu	sgith.
ask.PST	he	C.Q.NEG	be.PST	you	tired
'He asked if you weren't tired.'

Wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(12))

Cò	a	bha	sgith?
who	C.REL	be.PST	tired
'Who was tired?'

Equative wh-question when the subject is a wh-element ((Adger and Ramchand 2005:(15))

Cò	an	tidsear?
who	the	teacher
'Who is the teacher?'

Pied-piped wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(21))

Dè	an	seòrsa	tidsear	a	tha	annad?
what	the	sort	teacher	C.REL	is	in + you
'What sort of teacher are you?'

Fronted wh-phrases are always nominative marked (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)).

Dè	a'	chraobh	a	bha	thu	a'geàrradh?
which	the	tree.NOM	C.REL	be.PST	you	cutting
'Which tree were you cutting?'

The sentence becomes ungrammatical with genietive marking on the noun inside the wh-phrase (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)),

Dè	a'	chraobhe	a	bha	thu	a'geàrradh?
which	the	tree.GEN	C.REL	be.PST	you	cutting
'Which tree were you cutting?'

although the object noun is marked with genitive in declaratives (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(30))

Bha	thu	a'geàrradh	na	craoibhe.
be.PST	you	cutting	the	tree.GEN
'You were cutting the tree.' how to answer: yes or no