Irish Relative Clause Patterns So there seem to be a number of relative clause patterns in Irish that I need to practice: Direct Relatives: 1a. Bhuail mé leis an bhfear a cheannaigh an leabhar. I met the man who bought the book. 1b. Chonaic mé an leabhar a cheannaigh an fear. I saw the book that the man bought. 1c. Bhuail mé leis an bhean an bhean lena dúirt sé é. (lena clause) I met the woman with whom he said it. Indirect Relatives: 2a. Bhuail mé an bhfear ar cheannaigh siad an leabhar dó. (inflective prep. dó) I met the man for whom they bought the book. 2b. Bhuail mé leis an bhfear ar cheannaigh a chara an leabhar. ("whose X" clause) I met the man whose friend bought the book. 2c. Bhuail mé leis an bhfear ar cheannaigh a chara an leabhar dó. ("whose X" clause + inflected prep. dó) I met the man whose friend bought the book for him. 3. Bhuail mé leis an bhfear a molann na mic léinn é. (resumptive direct object pronoun é) I met the man whom students praise.* 1c. "... leis an mbean..." if I am sticking to the same dialect throughout all of this, right? This seems like another one. I got this from Wiktionary's entry for "lena". Shouldn't that be "a ndúirt" though? Hmmmm. Bhuail mé leis an mbean a dúirt sé léi é. I met the woman that he told it to.