Adjacent Identical Pronouns

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Eòs Buidhe
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Adjacent Identical Pronouns

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Halò a h-uile duine,

I have a usage question about pronouns, specifically when the subject and object pronouns are the same and appear next to each other in a sentence.

Mar eisimpleir: "Canaidh i i." (She will say it.)

I understand that this construction is grammatically correct, but it feels a bit awkward stylistically. I’m curious how more fluent speakers tend to handle this in natural speech.

Do speakers usually:

*avoid the double pronoun by using a noun instead?
*use 'sin' or 'seo' instead (Canaidh i sin)?
*rephrase with a verbal noun (Bidh i ga ràdh)?
*or is 'Canaidh i i' actually common and unremarkable in everyday usage?

I’d really appreciate any insight into what sounds most natural in practice.

Mòran taing!
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