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What is this form/rule called?

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  • 01-10-2014 5:52pm
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    freethink3r
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭


    When you start a sentence and end it with something like "a dhéanamh" or "a" anything else?


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    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,859 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    I think that is known as the "direct relative clause" (an clásal coibhneasta díreach).

    The form of the verb used in your example is the ainm briathartha.

    This page is a little confusing, but has a lot of useful info: http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/satz4.htm


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    Snag Darach
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭Snag Darach


    freethink3r wrote: »
    When you start a sentence and end it with something like "a dhéanamh" or "a" anything else?


    If you mean a phrase like "rud a dhéanamh" - "to do/make a thing", this would be, for want of a better description, the equivalent of the English infinitive, although I think it's called a verbal noun complement or something like that.
    If the phrase is something like "rud a dhéanann sé" - "a thing that he does/makes" then it is a direct relative clause, as An File says.
    If you could post a sentence containing an example of the usage, it would be of great help.


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