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====Relative clauses==== | ====Relative clauses==== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} relative clauses use the relativizer ''þat'', and a resumptive pronoun when the head is in an oblique argument. | {{PAGENAME}} relative clauses use the relativizer ''þat'', and a resumptive pronoun when the head is in an oblique argument. This resumptive pronoun structure is from Arabic influence. | ||
The ''þár-'' words are used for prepositional objects that are inanimates; the personal pronouns are used for animates. | The ''þár-'' words are used for prepositional objects that are inanimates; the personal pronouns are used for animates. | ||
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**Or: ''Þí piane jar ik żáv fáde þankedie mir.'' | **Or: ''Þí piane jar ik żáv fáde þankedie mir.'' | ||
*''þe urd þat ik rián þárav'' or ''þe urd þárav ik rián'' = 'the place I ran from' | *''þe urd þat ik rián þárav'' or ''þe urd þárav ik rián'' = 'the place I ran from' | ||
==== Indirect speech ==== | ==== Indirect speech ==== | ||
Indirect speech matches the tense of the clause it's embedded in, unlike in German and like in English (because Italian). Below, the sentences on the left have the same meaning as their corresponding sentences on the right. | Indirect speech matches the tense of the clause it's embedded in, unlike in German and like in English (because Italian). Below, the sentences on the left have the same meaning as their corresponding sentences on the right. | ||