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In the former of these two sentences, the fact that it's the hunter's job to shoot the rabbit is not necessarily true, so it's not clear whether the rabbit is shot or not. It the latter sentence however that definitely is the hunter's job, so it's rather obvious that he is going to shoot the rabbit. | In the former of these two sentences, the fact that it's the hunter's job to shoot the rabbit is not necessarily true, so it's not clear whether the rabbit is shot or not. It the latter sentence however that definitely is the hunter's job, so it's rather obvious that he is going to shoot the rabbit. | ||
====Relative clauses==== | |||
A special type of subordinate clauses are relative clauses. Relative clauses always begin with a [[#relative pronouns|relative pronoun]], or a combination of a preposition and a relative pronoun. The place of the verb within the clause depends on which function the pronoun has: | |||
* If the pronoun functions as a subject in the relative clause, the verb comes directly after it. | |||
* If not, the subject comes after the pronoun, and the verb comes after that. | |||
Just like in normal subordinate clauses, a ''byform'' is used clause-finally. | |||
{{Gloss | |||
| phrase = dē mann wē et a fiss | |||
| IPA = /dɛ ˈmɑnː ʋɛ ˈeːt a ˈfɪsː/ | |||
| morphemes = dē mann wē et a fiss | |||
| gloss = DEF man REL eat INDEF fish | |||
| translation = the man who eats a fish. | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
| phrase = dē fiss dē dē mann ytē | |||
| IPA = /dɛ ˈfɪsː dɛ dɛ ˈmɑnː ˈɛɪ̯tɛ/ | |||
| morphemes = dē fiss dē dē mann ytē | |||
| gloss = DEF fish REL DEF man eat.BYF | |||
| translation = the fish (that) the man eats | |||
}} | |||
===Questions=== | ===Questions=== | ||