Lesson: how to use an identifying phrase (1) 1st and second person usage
a. Is [mise] an fear mór. - predicate in square brackets.
b. Is mise [an fear mór]. - predicate in square brackets.
Instead of an identifying label/name an identifying phrase
can be used - phrase: group of words, usually a noun with qualifying adjective - fear mór.
In these cases the phrase has an identifying function; and often a contrast or 'pool' is
implied. In a. above the predicate [mise] is drawn from the pool ([mise][tusa][eisean]) etc.
In b. above the predicate [fear mór] is drawn from the pool ([an fear mór] [an fear beag] [an fear measartha mór]) etc.
In b. though the pronoun is emphatic it is not the predicate so it does not take the primary stress; the actual predicate: [fear mór] takes that stress.
Structure:
A.
1. copula
2. predicate
3. identifying phrase
B.
1. copula
2. subject (pronoun0
3. predicate (identifying phrase)
Examples:
Is [mise] an máistir. - pool([mise] [tusa] [eisean])
Is [tusa] an duine bómánta. - pool([tusa][mise][eisean] [ise])
Is mise [an máistir]. - pool ([an máistir] [an dalta] [an mháistreás])
Is tú [an fear rua] - pool ([an fear bán] [an fear buí] [an fear rua])
Note:
In the second person, the non-emphatic 'tú' is preferred when it
acts as subject. This is just a question of usage, not of grammar.