Editing Irish syntax (section)

====Direct relative====
There are two kinds of relative clauses in Irish: direct and indirect. Direct relative clauses begin with the leniting [[relativizer]] {{Lang|ga|a}} and the independent form of an irregular verb is used. The direct relative is used when the relative pronoun is the subject or direct object of its clause.
*(50a) {{Lang|ga|D'imigh na daoine '''a''' bhí míshásta thar sáile.}} "The people who were unhappy went overseas."
*(50b) {{Lang|ga|Sin í an obair '''a''' rinne mé.}} "That's the work that I did."

The direct relative is also used in topicalizations, e.g.:
*(51) {{Lang|ga|Is é Jimmy '''a''' chuaigh go Méiriceá.}} "It's Jimmy who went to America."

The direct relative is also used after the word {{Lang|ga|uair}} "time":
*(52) {{Lang|ga|an chéad uair '''a''' bhí mé ann}} "the first time that I was there"