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-There is another construction which is connected to this use of <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> for existentials. Most of you will be familiar with the constructions <span style="color: #008000;">'s e X a tha annam and tha mi 'nam X</span> - but you may not be aware of the subtle difference between them as most grammars tend to sidestep this issue.
+There is another construction which is connected to this use of <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> for existentials. Most of you will be familiar with the constructions <span style="color: #008000;">'s e X a tha annam</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">tha mi 'nam X</span> - but you may not be aware of the subtle difference between them as most grammars tend to sidestep this issue.
 The difference is one of disposition/inherent attribute and non-permanence. In less fancy terms, the first, <span style="color: #008000;">'s e ...</span>, is "permanent" and the second, <span style="color: #008000;">tha e 'na...</span>, is "transient".  Let's look at some examples:
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 Let's hope you're the latter!!
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-There is another construction which is connected to this use of <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> for existentials. Most of you will be familiar with the contructions <span style="color: #008000;">'s e X a tha annam and tha mi 'nam X</span> - but you may not be aware of the subtle difference between them as most grammars tend to sidestep this issue.
+There is another construction which is connected to this use of <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> for existentials. Most of you will be familiar with the constructions <span style="color: #008000;">'s e X a tha annam and tha mi 'nam X</span> - but you may not be aware of the subtle difference between them as most grammars tend to sidestep this issue.
 The difference is one of disposition/inherent attribute and non-permanence. In less fancy terms, the first, <span style="color: #008000;">'s e ...</span>, is "permanent" and the second, <span style="color: #008000;">tha e 'na...</span>, is "transient".  Let's look at some examples:

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-The first sentence implies that Mrs X trained as a nurse, and really wants to be one, but because the hospital closed she's temporarily working as a bus driver.
+The first sentence implies that Mrs. X trained as a nurse, and really wants to be one, but because the hospital closed she's temporarily working as a bus driver.
 Our student is enrolled at university, and thus technically speaking a student, but isn't much of a scholar because he's as thick as two short planks and never goes to lectures.

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-As you can see, there is more than one way to translate some of the above Gaelic statements. In Gaelic, the exact connotation has to be inferred from context, which isn't much of a problem, if you think about it. <span style="color: #008000;">Thuirt</span> Descartes "<span style="color: #008000;">Tha smuaint annam is mar sin tha mi ann</span>" translated as "I think therefore I am". Of course, it can't really mean anything, unless it's a novel in which Descartes is telling someone he is present. And in any case, to be honest, there isn't much of a difference between 'does God exist?' and 'is there a god?'.
+As you can see, there is more than one way to translate some of the above Gaelic statements. In Gaelic, the exact connotation has to be inferred from context, which isn't much of a problem, if you think about it. <span style="color: #008000;">Thuirt</span> Descartes <span style="color: #008000;">"Tha smuaint annam is mar sin tha mi ann"</span> translated as "I think therefore I am". Of course, it can't really mean anything, unless it's a novel in which Descartes is telling someone he is present. And in any case, to be honest, there isn't much of a difference between 'does God exist?' and 'is there a god?'.
 Not that difficult so far. But <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> also has another function which is a bit harder to pin down. In general terms, <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> can be said to have an emphasising force. Let's look at some examples so you will know what I'm talking about:
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 The easiest way to deal with them is perhaps to translate the "extra" <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> with it-exists and then see what is the most logical interpretation. No, I'm not running out of ideas - there are a number of things in Gaelic which just juxtapose two concepts and leave it to the listener to figure the most logical connection. Think of a construction like <span style="color: #008000;">bhàsaich m' athair 's mi 'nam bhalach òg.</span> Here,   <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> is best treated as emphasising the existence, or non-existence, of something or somebody.
-So, the first example would be 'did I it-exists it' - what I did really exists > I really did it. The second one would be 'not will-be he fighting it-exists' - his fighting will not exist > he will not fight at all and 'be ghost in the house it-exists' > a ghost does exist in that house.
+So, the first example would be "did I it-exists it" - what I did really exists > I really did it. The second one would be "not will-be he fighting it-exists" - his fighting will not exist > he will not fight at all and "be ghost in the house it-exists" > a ghost does exist in that house.
 This also explains the subtle difference between the following pairs of sentences:

← Mùthadh nas sine		Mùthadh on 13:25, 22 dhen Dàmhair 2013
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−	This is where you either start to love or hate the word <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span>. Existentials is a fancy word for "expressions that talk about the existence of things" although the use of <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> goes a bit beyond that as we will see. And before we start, it is the "same" <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> as the preposition in (click here for more details), only with a somewhat different function.	+	This is where you either start to love or hate the word <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span>. Existentials is a fancy word for "expressions that talk about the existence of things" although the use of <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> goes a bit beyond that as we will see. And before we start, it is the "same" <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> as the preposition in (click [[Ann an\|here]] for more details), only with a somewhat different function.

	Let's start with the easy bit first. <span style="color: #008000;">Ann</span> is used in Gaelic to express the notion of something existing, or not existing, as the case may be:		Let's start with the easy bit first. <span style="color: #008000;">Ann</span> is used in Gaelic to express the notion of something existing, or not existing, as the case may be:

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 As you can see, although Gaelic uses the same construction in all the above examples, there are a number of different constructions we have to use in English.
-The easiest way to deal with them is perhaps to translate the "extra" <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> with it-exists and then see what is the most logical interpretation. No, I'm not running out of ideas - there are a number of things in Gaelic which just juxtapose two concepts and leave it to the listener to figure the most logical connection. Think of a construction like <span style="color: #008000;">bhàsaich m' athair 's mi 'nam bhalach òg.</span> Here,   <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span>is best treated as emphasising the existence, or non-existence, of something or somebody.
+The easiest way to deal with them is perhaps to translate the "extra" <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> with it-exists and then see what is the most logical interpretation. No, I'm not running out of ideas - there are a number of things in Gaelic which just juxtapose two concepts and leave it to the listener to figure the most logical connection. Think of a construction like <span style="color: #008000;">bhàsaich m' athair 's mi 'nam bhalach òg.</span> Here,   <span style="color: #008000;">ann</span> is best treated as emphasising the existence, or non-existence, of something or somebody.
 So, the first example would be 'did I it-exists it' - what I did really exists > I really did it. The second one would be 'not will-be he fighting it-exists' - his fighting will not exist > he will not fight at all and 'be ghost in the house it-exists' > a ghost does exist in that house.

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 If you think of ann in these examples stressing the existence, it kind of makes sense - 's e oileanach a tha ann = be-he student that be exist - where you are essentially making a statement about existence twice!
-Let's hope you are the latter!!
+Let's hope you're the latter!!
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 As you can see, although Gaelic uses the same construction in all the above examples, there are a number of different constructions we have to use in English.
-The easiest way to deal with them is perhaps to translate the "extra" ann with it-exists and then see what is the most logical interpretation.  No, I'm not running out of ideas - there are a number of things in Gaelic which just juxtapose two concepts and leave it to the listener to figure the most logical connection - think of construction like bhàsaich m' athair 's mi 'nam bhalach òg.  Ann is best treated as emphasising the existence (or non-existence) of something or somebody.
+The easiest way to deal with them is perhaps to translate the "extra" ann with it-exists and then see what is the most logical interpretation.  No, I'm not running out of ideas - there are a number of things in Gaelic which just juxtapose two concepts and leave it to the listener to figure the most logical connection - think of a construction like bhàsaich m' athair 's mi 'nam bhalach òg.  Ann is best treated as emphasising the existence (or non-existence) of something or somebody.
 So the first example would be 'did I it-exists it' - what I did really exists > I really did it.  The second one would be 'not will-be he fighting it-exists' - his fighting will not exist > he will not fight at all and 'be ghost in the house it-exists' > a ghost does exist in that house.