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sa Apr 28th 2012, 15:54 ‎Contraction: tidy up ← Older revision Revision as of 15:54, 28 April 2012 Line 155: Line 155:       ===Contraction===   ===Contraction=== − {{head|ga|contraction|preposition + definite article fusion|, [[i#Irish|i]] + [[an#Irish|an]]}} + {{head|ga|contraction}}     − # [[in]] [[the]] {{qualifier|singular}} + # {{contraction of|{{l|ga|i}} + {{l|ga|an}}}}   + #: {{usex|Tá an fear '''sa''' bhád.|t=The man is in the boat|lang=ga|inline=1}}   + #: {{usex|Tá na páistí ag súgradh '''sa''' tsráid.|t=The children are playing in the street.|lang=ga|inline=1}}   + #: {{usex|Táimid inár suí '''sa''' seomra ''(or)'' tseomra.|t=We are sitting in the room.|lang=ga|inline=1}}       ====Usage notes====   ====Usage notes==== − Used before consonant sounds only. Triggers [[lenition]] of ''b'', ''c'', ''f'', ''g'', ''m'', and ''p'' in [[w:Munster Irish|Munster]] varieties and [[eclipsis]] in the [[w:Ulster Irish|Ulster]] and [[w:Connacht Irish|Connaught]] varieties. Changes initial ''s'' to ''ts'' in feminine nouns and, in some varieties, masculine nouns. + This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *''i an'' never appears uncontracted. Used before consonant sounds only. Triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Lenition|lenition]] of ''b'', ''c'', ''f'', ''g'', ''m'', and ''p'' in [[w:Munster Irish|Munster]] varieties and [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis|eclipsis]] in the [[w:Ulster Irish|Ulster]] and [[w:Connacht Irish|Connacht]] varieties. Changes initial ''s'' to ''ts'' in feminine nouns and, in some varieties, masculine nouns. − * ''sa {{l|ga|bád|bhád}}'' – "in the boat"   − * ''sa {{l|ga|sráid|tsráid}}'' – "in the street"   − * ''sa {{l|ga|seomra}}'' or ''sa {{l|ga|seomra|tseomra}}'' – "in the room"   −   − In Ulster and Connaught:   − * "b" becomes "m"   − * "p" becomes "b"   − * "d" becomes "n"   − * "t" becomes "d"   − * "c" becomes "g"   − * "g" becomes "ng"   − * "f" becomes "bh" /v/.         ====Related terms====   ====Related terms==== − * [[san#Irish|san]] {{qualifier|used before vowel sounds}} + * {{l|ga|san}} {{qualifier|used before vowel sounds}} − * [[sna]] {{qualifier|plural}} + * {{l|ga|sna}} {{qualifier|plural}}       ----   ----

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