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At the sentence level, a negative particle precedes the entire clause: | At the sentence level, a negative particle precedes the entire clause: | ||
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CHAN signifies a negative, declarative clause. | CHAN signifies a negative, declarative clause. | ||
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|eil | |eil | ||
|iad | |iad | ||
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|colspan=7|'They are not well.' | |colspan=7|'They are not well.' | ||
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| + | NACH signifies a negative, interrogative clause. | ||
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| + | {| | ||
| + | |''Nach'' | ||
| + | |eil | ||
| + | |iad | ||
| + | |gu math | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |NEG | ||
| + | |are | ||
| + | |they | ||
| + | |well | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |colspan=7|'Are they not well?' | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | NA signifies a negative imperative sentence. | ||
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| + | {| | ||
| + | |Na | ||
| + | |ith | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |NEG | ||
| + | |eat.imp | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |colspan="7"|'Don't eat!' | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | ==Constituent Negation== | ||
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| + | The prepositions ''gun'' and ''as aonais'' are used to negate certain constituents: | ||
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| + | {| | ||
| + | |duine | ||
| + | |gun | ||
| + | |chiall | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |a man | ||
| + | |NEG | ||
| + | |sense | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |colspan=7|'a man without sense' | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | {| | ||
| + | |as aonais | ||
| + | |nan | ||
| + | |each | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |NEG | ||
| + | |the | ||
| + | |horses | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |colspan=7|'without the horses' | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | ==Double Negatives== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:37, 11 November 2013
Negation in Scottish Gaelic can occur at the clausal level, the constituent level, or at the word level.
Sentential Negation
At the sentence level, a negative particle precedes the entire clause:
CHAN signifies a negative, declarative clause.
| Chan | eil | iad | gu math | |||
| NEG | are | they | well | |||
| 'They are not well.' | ||||||
NACH signifies a negative, interrogative clause.
| Nach | eil | iad | gu math | |||
| NEG | are | they | well | |||
| 'Are they not well?' | ||||||
NA signifies a negative imperative sentence.
| Na | ith | |||||
| NEG | eat.imp | |||||
| 'Don't eat!' | ||||||
Constituent Negation
The prepositions gun and as aonais are used to negate certain constituents:
| duine | gun | chiall | ||||
| a man | NEG | sense | ||||
| 'a man without sense' | ||||||
| as aonais | nan | each | ||||
| NEG | the | horses | ||||
| 'without the horses' | ||||||
