Cúmhaí wrote:
Would these be correct?
An é an fear atá grá aici dó? and
An tú an fear atá grá aici dó?
Or is there a missing é in the first one?
And possibly should it rather be duit in the second?
Yes,
é is missing in the first one.
An é an fear é a bhfuil grá aici dó? (indirect relative because of
dó referring back to fear)
An tú an fear a bhfuil grá aici dó? You might say:
An don fhear atá grá aici? (Emphasized form of: An bhfuil grá aici don fhear?)
An duit atá grá aici? This is something completely different.
But it gives reason to mention these sentences with different kinds of direct relative clauses
(and with or without double é):
An é an fear é atá go maith? = Is he the man who is well? (normal copula identification sentence)
An é an fear atá go maith? (emphasized form of: An bhfuil an fear go maith?)
Cúmhaí wrote:
And with Tá would it be
An bhfuil sé an fear atá ocras air?
No, that is impossible!
("Tá sé an fear" is grammatically impossible, and it should be: "an fear a bhfuil ocras air", an indirect relative because of air)
You might say (using tá with a preposition, i or ar):
An bhfuil sé
ina fhear a bhfuil ocras air? = Is he a (!) man who is hungry?
I don't know if it is used actually, but at least grammatically correct is:
An bhfuil sé
ar an bhfear a bhfuil ocras air? = Is he the man who is hungry?