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''Balanced'' time clauses can be formed with the conjunctions ''tev'' 'when', ''ñal'' 'before', ''tynd'' 'after', or ''hiañ'' 'while'. Balanced clauses use finite verb forms, hence always mark tense. | ''Balanced'' time clauses can be formed with the conjunctions ''tev'' 'when', ''ñal'' 'before', ''tynd'' 'after', or ''hiañ'' 'while'. Balanced clauses use finite verb forms, hence always mark tense. | ||
''Deranked'' time clauses can be formed by using a preposition, most commonly ''dy'' 'when', ''jwiva'' 'until', ''ñal'' 'before', and ''tynd'' 'after'. The subject of the time clause is marked with a genitive construction, either by the preposition ''ry'' or by using a possessive pronoun. Deranked time clauses have no inherent tense. Deranked clauses are somewhat higher-register than balanced clauses (but in other Talmic languages such as [[Anbirese]] they're less marked). | ''Deranked'' time clauses can be formed by using a preposition, most commonly ''dy'' 'when', ''jwiva'' 'until', ''ñal'' 'before', and ''tynd'' 'after'. The subject of the time clause is marked with a genitive construction, either by the preposition ''ry'' or by using a possessive pronoun. Deranked time clauses have no inherent tense. Similar deranked clause constructions can be found in Irish and Hebrew. Deranked clauses are somewhat higher-register than balanced clauses (but in other Talmic languages such as [[Anbirese]] they're less marked). | ||
Ex: | Ex: | ||
*''dy cri rib'' 'when we walk' | *''dy cri rib'' (LOC walk.VN of-1EX) 'when we walk' | ||
When there is no possessor the subject is assumed to be an impersonal subject: ''dy cri'' 'when one walks'. | |||
===Relative clauses=== | ===Relative clauses=== | ||