http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&feed=atom&action=historyExistentials or I think therefore I am - Eachdraidh nam mùthaidhean2024-03-29T08:47:30ZEachdraidh nam mùthaidhean airson na duilleige seo air an uicidhMediaWiki 1.35.11http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&diff=2458&oldid=prevSusanharris 19:01, 22 dhen Dàmhair 20132013-10-22T19:01:32Z<p></p>
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</table>Susanharrishttp://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&diff=2457&oldid=prevSusanharris 18:58, 22 dhen Dàmhair 20132013-10-22T18:58:29Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This also explains the subtle difference between the following pairs of sentences:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This also explains the subtle difference between the following pairs of sentences:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Ann an|</ins>here<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>for more details), only with a somewhat different function.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td></tr>
</table>Akerbeltzhttp://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&diff=2447&oldid=prevSusanharris 05:52, 22 dhen Dàmhair 20132013-10-22T05:52:20Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
</table>Susanharrishttp://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&diff=2446&oldid=prevSusanharris 05:44, 22 dhen Dàmhair 20132013-10-22T05:44:15Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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!</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Let's hope you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are </del>the latter!!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Let's hope you<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'re </ins>the latter!!</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first sentence implies that Mrs X trained as a nurse and really <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want </del>to be one but because the hospital closed<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>she's temporarily working as a bus driver.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first sentence implies that Mrs X trained as a nurse<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>and really <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wants </ins>to be one<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>but because the hospital closed she's temporarily working as a bus driver.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our student is enrolled at university<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you think of ann in these examples stressing the existence, it kind of makes sense - '<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">se </del>oileanach a tha ann = be-he student that be exist - where you are essentially making a statement about existence twice!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you think of ann in these examples stressing the existence, it kind of makes sense - '<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s e </ins>oileanach a tha ann = be-he student that be exist - where you are essentially making a statement about existence twice!</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Let's hope you are the latter!!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Let's hope you are the latter!!</div></td></tr>
</table>Susanharrishttp://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&diff=1677&oldid=prevSusanharris 17:39, 20 dhen Iuchar 20132013-07-20T17:39:20Z<p></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Mùthadh on 17:39, 20 dhen Iuchar 2013</td>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </ins>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.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
</table>Susanharrishttp://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&diff=1676&oldid=prevSusanharris 17:30, 20 dhen Iuchar 20132013-07-20T17:30:02Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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. Thuirt Descartes "Tha smuaint annam is mar sin tha mi ann" can't really mean anything but Descartes said "I think therefore I am" ... unless it's a novel in which Descartes is telling someone he is present of course. And in any case, to be honest, there isn't much of a difference between 'does God exist?' and 'is there a god?'.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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. Thuirt Descartes "Tha smuaint annam is mar sin tha mi ann" can't really mean anything but Descartes said "I think therefore I am" ... unless it's a novel in which Descartes is telling someone he is present of course. And in any case, to be honest, there isn't much of a difference between 'does God exist?' and 'is there a god?'.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Not that difficult so far. But ann also has another function which is a bit harder to pin down. In general terms <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </del>can be said to have an emphasising force. Let's look at some examples so you will know what I'm talking about:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Not that difficult so far. But ann also has another function which is a bit harder to pin down. In general terms<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, ann </ins>can be said to have an emphasising force. Let's look at some examples so you will know what I'm talking about:</div></td></tr>
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</table>Susanharrishttp://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Existentials_or_I_think_therefore_I_am&diff=1675&oldid=prevSusanharris 17:28, 20 dhen Iuchar 20132013-07-20T17:28:29Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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. Thuirt Descartes "Tha smuaint annam is mar sin tha mi ann" can't really mean anything but Descartes said "I think therefore I am" ... unless it's a novel in which Descartes is telling someone he is present of course. And in any case, there isn't much of a difference between 'does God exist?' and 'is there a god?' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to be honest</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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. Thuirt Descartes "Tha smuaint annam is mar sin tha mi ann" can't really mean anything but Descartes said "I think therefore I am" ... unless it's a novel in which Descartes is telling someone he is present of course. And in any case<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, to be honest</ins>, there isn't much of a difference between 'does God exist?' and 'is there a god?'.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Not that difficult so far. But ann also has another function which is a bit harder to pin down. In general terms it can be said to have an emphasising force. Let's look at some examples so you will know what I'm talking about:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Not that difficult so far. But ann also has another function which is a bit harder to pin down. In general terms it can be said to have an emphasising force. Let's look at some examples so you will know what I'm talking about:</div></td></tr>
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