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Re: optional contractions

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From: Sherry Brown
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:51
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Irish has optional contractions.  For example, to say "I understand
that"  one could write/say "Tuigeann m'e sin." or "Tuigim sin."  Either
one is grammatically correct.  In the modern language it occurs in the
first person singular/plural.  Also, in the spoken language, 
pronominals (the prepositional pronouns) are often contracted.  "Agam"
becomes "a'm" (at me, literally)  Some people do write this contraction
as well.
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Subject: Re: optional contractions 
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