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*''=qař'' = (''poetic'') for | *''=qař'' = (''poetic'') for | ||
*''=hě'' = interrogative or "if" | *''=hě'' = interrogative or "if" | ||
====Inflected conjunctions==== | ====Inflected conjunctions==== | ||
These conjunctions may take pronominal inflections, taking the pronoun suffix for the subject. | These conjunctions may take pronominal inflections, taking the pronoun suffix for the subject. | ||
===Questions=== | |||
===Translating "to be"=== | |||
Netagin translates all five senses of English "be" with distinct constructions: | |||
*"is-a" (membership in a class): ''Y ne X'' = "X is a Y" | |||
*"is-the" (equality): ''rěh ne X ne Y'' "X is Y" (implies that both X and Y are definite) | |||
*"there exists": ''qům ne X'' = "There exists X" | |||
*"is + adjunct": ''per my lyčan ne X'' = "X is at home" | |||
*"is + ADJ": with stative verbs | |||
===Possession=== | |||
The h-possessive ("X has a Y") is formed with: | |||
The b-possessive ("X belongs to Y" etc.): | |||
===Relative clauses=== | ===Relative clauses=== | ||
Netagin has two relativizers: | Netagin has two relativizers: | ||