Direct Relative Clauses

Level 4

A direct relative links an antecedent to a subject or direct object gap: an fear a tháinig, an leabhar a léigh mé. The particle normally lenites.

How It Works

A direct relative links an antecedent to a subject or direct object gap: an fear a tháinig, an leabhar a léigh mé. The particle normally lenites.

A direct relative connects an earlier noun phrase to the subject or direct object of the relative clause. In an fear a tháinig the man came; in an leabhar a léigh mé the book was read by me. The particle normally lenites eligible verb initials.

Examples (3)

  1. Chonaic mé an fear a tháinig inné.

    I saw the man who came yesterday.

  2. Seo an leabhar a léigh mé.

    This is the book that I read.

  3. Tá an bhean a scríobh é anseo.

    The woman who wrote it is here.

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Direct Relative ClausesLevel 4

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