In B1 Cuspair 2 and 10 we learned about using ‘S e | Chan e when directly describing a noun and using ‘S ann | Chan ann with a preposition. We hope you’re comfortable using this now. It’s well worth taking another look at it to make sure you’re familiar with it.
We use these structures to emphasise a particular part of a sentence.
Take for example the sentence:
Chaidh Màiri don Fhraing as t-samhradh.
Chaidh Màiri don Fhraing as t-samhradh.
Mary went to France in the summer.
’S e Màiri a chaidh don Fhraing as t-samhradh (chan e Iain).
It’s Mary who went to France in the summer (not Iain).
‘S ann don Fhraing a chaidh Màiri as t-samhradh (chan ann don Ghearmailt).
It’s to France that Mary went in the summer (not to Germany).
‘S ann as t-samhradh a chaidh Màiri don Fhraing (chan ann sa gheamhradh).
It’s in the summer that Mary went to France (not in winter).
A bharrachd air seo, leigidh ’S ann a leinn cuideam a chur air seantans slàn:
‘S ann a chaidh Màiri don Fhraing as t-samhradh.
Mary went to France in the summer.