A chairde,

Tóg an sampla seo
Is mise an duine is sine sa rang

An bhfuil dhá chopail san abairt, nó cad é an fheidhm atá leis an 'is sine'?

GRMA

Cuireann "is" an tsárchéim in iúl.

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Céimeanna Comparáide na hAidiachta
Na trí staid atá ag an aidiacht:

Bunchéim:	ard	mór	sásúil
Breischéim:	níos airde	níos mó	níos sásúla
Sárchéim:	is airde	is mó	is sásúla

(As Cruinnscríobh na Gaeilge)

(Message edited by aonghus on January 26, 2011)

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An bhfuil dhá chopail san abairt, nó cad é an fheidhm atá leis an 'is sine'?

Tá. In "is sine", tá an chopail móide sárchéim na haidiachta.

An duine is sine = The oldest man

Is sine an duine seo ná an duine sin = This man is older than that man

Tá an duine seo níos sine ná an duine sin = This man is older than that man.

Is ionann ciall don dá dhéanamh: [copail + breischéim na haidiachta + ainm/forainm + ná + ainm/forainm] nó [briathar substainteach + ainm + nios + breischéim na haidiachta + ná + ainm/forainm]

Iolann fionn - Aonghus and Carmanach have explained it, but can I add that the first "is" is the normal copula and the second "is" is the relative copula. And the first "is" can be dropped (mise an duine is sine), but the second can't.

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And the first "is" can be dropped (mise an duine is sine), but the second can't.

Precisely so :o)