Difference between revisions of "Clefts"

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'S	e	a'	cheist	sin	a	fhreagairt	a	tha	doirbh.
Cop	it	the	question	that	Tran	answer.vn	wh-C	be.pres	difficult
'It is answering that question that is difficult.'


'S	e	am	ministear	a	tha	mis	a'	ceilidh	air	a-nochd.
Cop	it	the	minister	wh-C	be.pres	1sg	Prog	visit.vn	on	tonight
'It is the minister that I am visiting tonight.'


'S	e	gun	do	bhuail	thu	an	cat	a	tha	mi	a'	ciallachadh.
Cop	it	that	Pst	strike.pst	2sg	the	cat	wh-C	be.pres	1sg	prog	mean.vn
'It is that you struck the cat that I mean.'


'S	ann	a-nochd	a	tha	mi	a'	ceilidh	air	minister.
Cop	in.3sg.m	tonight	wh-C	be.pres	1sg	prog	visit.vn	on	minister
'It is tonight that I am visiting a minister.'


'S	ann	a'	ceilidh	air	minister	a	tha	mi	a-nochd.
Cop	in.3sg.m	prog	visit.vn	on	minister	wh-C	be.pres	1sg	tonight
'It is visiting a minister that I am tonight.'

'S e Dòmhnal a tha a dòl amach.

'S ann a' cluich a tha e

'S ann a glaschu a tha e

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+==Noun clefting==
+{|
+|''''S'''||'''e'''||a'||cheist||sin||a||fhreagairt||a||tha||doirbh.
+|-
+|Cop||it||the||question||that||Tran||answer.vn||wh-C||be.pres||difficult
+|+
+|colspan="6"|'It is answering that question that is difficult.'
+|}
+{|
+|''''S'''||'''e'''||am||ministear||a||tha||mis||a'||ceilidh||air||a-nochd.
+|-
+|Cop||it||the||minister||wh-C||be.pres||1sg||Prog||visit.vn||on||tonight
+|+
+|colspan="6"|'It is the minister that I am visiting tonight.'
+|}
+==Clause clefting==
+{|
+|''''S'''||'''e'''||gun||do||bhuail||thu||an||cat||a||tha||mi||a'||ciallachadh.
+|-
+|Cop||it||that||Pst||strike.pst||2sg||the||cat||wh-C||be.pres||1sg||prog||mean.vn
+|+
+|colspan="6"|'It is that you struck the cat that I mean.'
+|}
+==Adverb clefting==
+{|
+|''''S'''||'''ann'''||a-nochd||a||tha||mi||a'||ceilidh||air||minister.
+|-
+|Cop||in.3sg.m||tonight||wh-C||be.pres||1sg||prog||visit.vn||on||minister
+|+
+|colspan="6"|'It is tonight that I am visiting a minister.'
+|}
+==Aspect phrase clefting==
+{|
+|''''S'''||'''ann'''||a'||ceilidh||air||minister||a||tha||mi||a-nochd.
+|-
+|Cop||in.3sg.m||prog||visit.vn||on||minister||wh-C||be.pres||1sg||tonight
+|+
+|colspan="6"|'It is visiting a minister that I am tonight.'
+|}
 'S e Dòmhnal a tha a dòl amach.
 'S ann a' cluich a tha e
 'S ann a glaschu a tha e