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Who- and what-questions use cleft constructions, using the interrogative in conjunction with a relative clause describing it.
Who- and what-questions use cleft constructions, using the interrogative in conjunction with a relative clause describing it.


*''Þva (n) forxin eo sos?'' = Who feeds the man? (lit. Who is it that feeds...)
*''Þva (n) forx eo sos?'' = Who feeds the man? (lit. Who is it that feeds...)
*''Þva rjeo vforxin eo sos?'' = Whom does the man feed?
*''Þva rjeo vforx eo sos?'' = Whom does the man feed?


In the preterite:
In the preterite:


*''Tua ri bhforcaín rú an sos?'' = Who fed the man?
*''Þva rjeo vforxin um eo sos?'' = Who fed the man?
*''Tua ri bhforcaín ron sos?'' = Whom did the man feed?
*''Þva rjeo vforxin u n sos?'' = Whom did the man feed?


===Conjunctions===
===Conjunctions===
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