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 ====Dependent clauses====
+===Conjunctions===
+There are 3 enclitic conjunctions appearing at the end of the last fully inflected noun in a string. When the enclisis makes a new consonant cluster, the accented syllable sympathetically moves to the new penult (old ultimate), if not already there by nature (cf. sentence '''4)''' below).
+#'''-kX/gX''', "and"
+#'''-wX/wX''', exclusive "or"
+#'''-li''', inclusive "or"
+Examples:
+:1) '''mowokín saráynka razánka''ka'' wokódowon'''
+:dog.erg.pl rabbit.tel bear.tel.'''''and''''' fight.3.pl.ACT
+:the dogs are killing a rabbit and a bear
+:2) '''mowokín saráynka razánka''wa'' wokódowon'''
+:dog.erg.pl rabbit.tel bear.tel.'''''or''''' fight.3.pl.ACT
+:the dogs are killing a rabbit, or they're killing a bear
+:3) '''mowokín saráynka razánka''li'' wokódowon'''
+:dog.erg.pl rabbit.tel bear.tel.'''''or''''' fight.3.pl.ACT
+:the dogs are killing a rabbit or a bear (I can't tell which/I don't care which)
+:4) '''nyažínraž itvoynróž''go''+ gařáya'''
+:valley.gen.pl.dim running water.gen.pl.dim.'''''and''''' child.erg.dim
+:a child of the valleys and running waters = sweet summer child, naive person
+::+original accent would be '''''itvóynrož'''''
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