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In the past tense, a participle modifying the head as an adjective puts the head into a ''patient'' role in the relative clause (by split ergativity). Hence, agents of a transitive verb must use the preposition ''ro'' plus a resumptive pronoun. | In the past tense, a participle modifying the head as an adjective puts the head into a ''patient'' role in the relative clause (by split ergativity). Hence, agents of a transitive verb must use the preposition ''ro'' plus a resumptive pronoun. | ||
:'''''G'laí an | :'''''G'laí an slachan arŋaín rún stámh.''''' | ||
:''The number I got was 6.'' | :''The number I got was 6.'' | ||
In poetry, verbs in relative clauses may appear in any position after the ''ri'', as long as the subject (if not the head) stands after the relative clause. | |||
A non-restrictive relative clause is marked with a pause (rendered as a dash "–") before the relative clause. | A non-restrictive relative clause is marked with a pause (rendered as a dash "–") before the relative clause. | ||