Embedded Yes-No Questions
Embedded questions use appropriate interrogative particles: Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sí anseo. Do not turn an embedded question into an affirmative go-clause.
How It Works
Embedded questions use appropriate interrogative particles: Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sí anseo. Do not turn an embedded question into an affirmative go-clause.
An embedded yes/no question reports an unresolved alternative. Use an or ar according to the verb and tense, rather than affirmative go. Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sí anseo means I do not know whether she is here; it does not assert that she is here.
Examples (3)
- Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sí anseo.
I do not know whether she is here.
- D'fhiafraigh sé ar léigh mé é.
He asked whether I had read it.
- Abair liom an mbeidh tú ann.
Tell me whether you will be there.
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