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| gloss = pole_position-<small>ACC.SG</small>. championship-<small>LOC.SG</small>. rival-<small>ERG.SG</small>. take-<small>IND.PERF.3.EXTERIOR-ANTIBEN</small>. driver.<small>DIR.SG</small>. tomorrow. risk-<small>NECESS-IND.FUT.3.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. | | gloss = pole_position-<small>ACC.SG</small>. championship-<small>LOC.SG</small>. rival-<small>ERG.SG</small>. take-<small>IND.PERF.3.EXTERIOR-ANTIBEN</small>. driver.<small>DIR.SG</small>. tomorrow. risk-<small>NECESS-IND.FUT.3.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. | ||
| translation = The driver, being disadvantaged as (his/her) championship rival has taken pole position, will have to take some risks tomorrow. | | translation = The driver, being disadvantaged as (his/her) championship rival has taken pole position, will have to take some risks tomorrow. | ||
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To avoid nestling a sentence inside another one, outside of aulic styles the sentences are simply juxtaposed; the first of the following examples is grammatically correct, but virtually every Chlouvānem speaker prefers a simpler structure like the second one: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
| phrase = kaminæne lære læjle ānotē lę amboya no naviṣyu yæyute. | |||
| gloss = now. yesterday. chair-<small>LOC.SG</small>. lie_on.<small>IND.PRES-EXP-3SG.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. <small>1SG.ERG</small>. find_accidentally.<small>IND.PERF-EXP-3.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. and. book-<small>ACC.SG</small>. read.<small>IND.PRES-EXP-1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small> | |||
| translation = I am now reading the book that yesterday I accidentally found lying on a chair. | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
| phrase = læjle ānotē naviṣyu lære amboyaṃte kaminæne naviṣyu yæyute. | |||
| gloss = chair-<small>LOC.SG</small>. lie_on.<small>IND.PRES-EXP-3SG.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. book-<small>ACC.SG</small>. yesterday. find_accidentally.<small>IND.PERF-EXP-1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. now. book-<small>ACC.SG</small>. read.<small>IND.PRES-EXP-1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small> | |||
| translation = I am now reading the book that yesterday I accidentally found lying on a chair. | |||
}} | }} | ||