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==Non-inflected Adverbs==
 
==Non-inflected Adverbs==
  
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Non inflected Adverbs
  
 
==Manner Adverbs==
 
==Manner Adverbs==
  
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==Adverbs with 'gu'==
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===Adverbs with 'gu'===
 
Largest Group, Adjvective + gu = adverb
 
Largest Group, Adjvective + gu = adverb
 
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great/ large > greatly
 
great/ large > greatly
  
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can take intensifiers "gle" (very), and "ro"'extremely:  
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can take intensifiers "glè" (very), and "ro"'extremely:  
  
 
Largest Group, Adjvective + gu = adverb
 
Largest Group, Adjvective + gu = adverb
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|ris
 
|ris
 
|'''gu'''
 
|'''gu'''
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|'''gle'''
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|'''glè'''
 
|'''fuar'''
 
|'''fuar'''
 
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|}
  
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==Ones Formed using Prepositions==
 
  
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===Ones Formed using Prepositions===
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|align="left"|''air èiginn''
 
|align="left"|''air èiginn''
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|} (Lamb 2001)
 
|} (Lamb 2001)
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==Time Adverbs==
 
==Time Adverbs==
  
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===Present===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"   
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|-
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|align="left"|''an ceart-uair''
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|align="left"|    'just now'
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|align="left"|''a-nochd''
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|align="left"|    'tonight'
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|-
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|align="left"|''a-nis(d)''
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|align="left"|    'now (contrastive)'
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|align="left"|''am bliadhna''
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|align="left"|    'this year'
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|-
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|align="left"|''an-dràsda''
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|align="left"|    'now'
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|align="left"|''an-diugh''
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|align="left"|    'today'
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|-
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|} (Lamb 2001)
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===Past===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"
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|-
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|align="left"|''an-dè''
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|align="left"|    'yesterday'
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|align="left"|''a-bhòn-dè''
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|align="left"|    'day before yesterday'
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|-
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|align="left"|''an uiridh''
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|align="left"|    'last year'
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|align="left"|''an-raoir''
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|align="left"|    'last night'
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|align="left"|''a-bhòn-raoir''
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|align="left"|    'now'
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|align="left"|''Mar-thà/Mu-thrath''
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|align="left"|    'already'
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|-
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|} (Lamb 2001)
  
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===Future===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"   
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|-
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|align="left"|''an eara(i)r''
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|align="left"|    'day after tomorrow'
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|align="left"|''gu sìorraidh''
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|align="left"|    'for eternity'
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|align="left"|''a-màireach''
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|align="left"|    'tomorrow'
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|align="left"|''an ath-bliadhna''
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|align="left"|    'next year'
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|align="left"|''an ath-oidhch''
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|align="left"|    'tomorrow night'
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|align="left"|''tuilleadh''
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|align="left"|    'forever'
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|-
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|} (Lamb 2001)
  
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===Indefinite===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"   
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|-
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|align="left"|''an còmhnaidh''
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|align="left"|    'always'
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|align="left"|''greis''
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|align="left"|    'for a while'
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|align="left"|''uaireannan''
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|align="left"|    'sometimes'
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|align="left"|''fhathast''
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|align="left"|    'still/yet'
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|-
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|align="left"|''uaireigin''
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|align="left"|    'sometime'
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|} (Lamb 2001)
  
  
 
==Direction and Location==
 
==Direction and Location==
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===Present===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"
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|-
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|align="left"|''an ceart-uair''
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|align="left"|    'just now'
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|align="left"|''a-nochd''
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|align="left"|    'tonight'
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|-
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|align="left"|''a-nis(d)''
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|align="left"|    'now (contrastive)'
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|align="left"|''am bliadhna''
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|align="left"|    'this year'
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|-
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|align="left"|''an-dràsda''
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|align="left"|    'now'
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|align="left"|''an-diugh''
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|align="left"|    'today'
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|-
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|} (Lamb 2001)
  
 
==Degree==
 
==Degree==
  
 
[[Category: Syntax]]
 
[[Category: Syntax]]

Revision as of 13:11, 10 September 2012

Adverbs in Gaelic can be formed by using the inflectional morpheme 'gu'. However, many Adverbs in Gaelic are non-inflected, and thus occur as fixed phrases.


Non-inflected Adverbs

Non inflected Adverbs

Manner Adverbs

Adverbs with 'gu'

Largest Group, Adjvective + gu = adverb

Thuirt Seamus ris gu fuar
say-PAST Seamus to him ADV cold
'Seamus said coldly.'

mor > gu mor

great/ large > greatly

can take intensifiers "glè" (very), and "ro"'extremely:

Largest Group, Adjvective + gu = adverb

Thuirt Seamus ris gu glè fuar
say-PAST Seamus to him ADV very cold
'Seamus said very coldly.'


Ones Formed using Prepositions

air èiginn 'with difficulty' air chall 'lost'
fa sgaoil 'in dispersed fashion' air seòl 'sailing'
an làthair 'present' aur iteal 'flying'
(Lamb 2001)


Time Adverbs

Present

an ceart-uair 'just now' a-nochd 'tonight'
a-nis(d) 'now (contrastive)' am bliadhna 'this year'
an-dràsda 'now' an-diugh 'today'
(Lamb 2001)

Past

an-dè 'yesterday' a-bhòn-dè 'day before yesterday'
an uiridh 'last year' an-raoir 'last night'
a-bhòn-raoir 'now' Mar-thà/Mu-thrath 'already'
(Lamb 2001)

Future

an eara(i)r 'day after tomorrow' gu sìorraidh 'for eternity'
a-màireach 'tomorrow' an ath-bliadhna 'next year'
an ath-oidhch 'tomorrow night' tuilleadh 'forever'
(Lamb 2001)

Indefinite

an còmhnaidh 'always' greis 'for a while'
uaireannan 'sometimes' fhathast 'still/yet'
uaireigin 'sometime'
(Lamb 2001)


Direction and Location

Present

an ceart-uair 'just now' a-nochd 'tonight'
a-nis(d) 'now (contrastive)' am bliadhna 'this year'
an-dràsda 'now' an-diugh 'today'
(Lamb 2001)

Degree

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