There is no equivalent to the English "it", either "sé" or "sí" are used depending on whether the thing the speaker is referring to is a masculine noun or a feminine noun. The exception is the pronoun ea, used in impersonal copula phrases, particularly in the phrases is ea (> 'sea) ""yes"", ""so"", ""that is so"", ní hea (the opposite of is ea), nach ea? ""is that not so?"", an ea (Kerry am b'ea) ""Is that so?"", fear is ea é ""it's a man"", and so on.