dependent form of irregular verbs. The negated equivalent is either or , meaning roughly "if it were not the case that...". The verb in both clauses is in the conditional. (48a) "If he believes that story, he is pretty gullible." (realis) (48b) "If he didn't lose it, then he stole it." (realis) (48c) "If I left it to you, you wouldn't do it." (irrealis) Other examples of conditionals are: (49a) "The venture will succeed provided that all take part in it." (49b) "You may break it provided that you pay for it." Relative clauses Direct relative There are two kinds of relative clauses in Irish: direct and indirect. Direct relative clauses begin with the leniting relativizer 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) "The people who were unhappy went overseas." (50b) "That's the work that I did." The direct relative is also used in topicalizations, e.g.: (51) "It's Jimmy who went to America." The direct relative is also used after the word "time": (52) "the first time that I was there" Indirect relative Indirect relative clauses begin with the eclipsing relativizer (in the preterite with leniting ); the dependent form of an irregular verb is used. The indirect relative is used to signify a genitive or the object of a preposition. In these cases, there is a resumptive pronoun in the relative clause. (53a) "the man whose sister was in the hospital" (lit. "the man that his sister was in the hospital") (53b) "the man whose daughter gave him a hundred pounds" or "the man to whom his daughter gave a hundred pounds" (lit. "the man that his daughter gave him a hundred pounds") (53c) "the room that I slept in" (lit. "the room that I slept in it") The negative form of a relative clause, direct or indirect, is formed with the eclipsing relativizer , or, before the preterite, with the leniting relativizer . (54a) "That's something I don't understand." (direct) (54b) "a woman whose son isn't working" (indirect; lit. "a woman that her son isn't working") Sometimes a direct relative clause can be ambiguous in meaning, leaving unclear if the relative is accusative or nominative: (55) "the priest who kissed the woman" or "the priest whom the woman kissed" If the accusative reading is intended, one