Indirect Relative Clauses

Level 4

Indirect relatives use dependent forms and normally eclipsis: an fear a bhfuil carr aige. A resumptive preposition or pronoun expresses the internal relationship.

How It Works

Indirect relatives use dependent forms and normally eclipsis: an fear a bhfuil carr aige. A resumptive preposition or pronoun expresses the internal relationship.

An indirect relative is used for relationships that need an internal pronoun or preposition, among other contexts. In an fear a bhfuil carr aige, aige names the possessor inside the clause. The verb takes the dependent form bhfuil rather than direct-relative atá.

Examples (3)

  1. Seo an fear a bhfuil carr aige.

    This is the man who has a car.

  2. Chonaic mé an bhean a bhfuil aithne agat uirthi.

    I saw the woman whom you know.

  3. Tá an teach a bhfuil Nóra ina cónaí ann mór.

    The house that Nóra lives in is large.

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Indirect Relative ClausesLevel 4

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