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| gloss = hospital-<small>LOC.SG</small>. wife.<small>HON-ESS.SG</small>. Ṣastirvam.<small>DIR</small>. factory-<small>ABL.SG</small>. be_early-<small>ADV</small>. go_away_by_vehicle.<small>MONODIR.IND.FUTINT-EXP-3.PATIENT.EXTERIOR</small>. | | gloss = hospital-<small>LOC.SG</small>. wife.<small>HON-ESS.SG</small>. Ṣastirvam.<small>DIR</small>. factory-<small>ABL.SG</small>. be_early-<small>ADV</small>. go_away_by_vehicle.<small>MONODIR.IND.FUTINT-EXP-3.PATIENT.EXTERIOR</small>. | ||
| translation = His wife being in hospital, Ṣastirvam will leave [work at] the factory early. | | translation = His wife being in hospital, Ṣastirvam will leave [work at] the factory early. | ||
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Consecutive clauses of the form "X is so Y that Z" are rendered through a parallel construction with Z as an infinitive attributed to a repeated Y: | |||
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| phrase = taili naviṣyu eyiyaṃte, mešīnu raglake eyiyaṃte. | |||
| gloss = many. book-<small>ACC.SG</small>. read.<small>IND.PERF-EXP-1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. eye-<small>ACC.SG</small>. make_tired-<small>INF</small>. read.<small>IND.PERF-EXP-1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. | |||
| translation = I read so many books my eyes got tired. | |||
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