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Relative clauses are an exception to the VSOIX sentence structure as the referred argument always goes at the end of the clause taking the corresponding case for the clause first and the case corresponding to the parent clause second | Relative clauses are an exception to the VSOIX sentence structure as the referred argument always goes at the end of the clause taking the corresponding case for the clause first and the case corresponding to the parent clause second | ||
==== Subject ==== | |||
be [come-{{sc|pst}} late guy-{{sc|nom}}]-{{sc|nom}} cousin.{{sc|abs}} 1s.{{sc|gen}} | |||
The [he came late] guy is my cousin | |||
|} | ==== Direct object ==== | ||
give-{{sc|pst}} 1s-{{sc|nom}} rose-{{sc|abs}} [see-{{sc|pst}} kate-{{sc|nom}} girl-{{sc|abs}}]-{{sc|dat}} | |||
I gave the rose to the [Kate saw her] girl | |||
==== Indirect object ==== | |||
know john-{{sc|nom}} [write-{{sc|pst}} 1s-{{sc|nom}} letter-{{sc|abs}} woman-{{sc|dat}}]-{{sc|abs}} | |||
John knows the [I wrote a letter to her] woman | |||
==== Genitive ==== | |||
tell-{{sc|pst}} [die-{{sc|pst}} father-{{sc|nom}} boy-{{sc|gen}}]-{{sc|nom}} 1s-{{sc|abs}} | |||
The [his father died] boy told me something | |||
==== Oblique ==== | |||
be he-{{sc|nom}} [talk-{{sc|pst}}-{{sc|prs}} I-{{sc|nom}} about man-{{abs}}]-{{sc|abs}} | |||
He is the [I was talking about him] man |
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