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The choice of the relative pronoun depends on the definiteness/specificity of the noun. Specific referents use ''vy'' as the relative pronoun, whereas indefinite or hypothetical nouns use ''mǫ'' (animate)/''ma'' (inanimate).
The choice of the relative pronoun depends on the definiteness/specificity of the noun. Specific referents use ''vy'' as the relative pronoun, whereas indefinite or hypothetical nouns use ''mǫ'' (animate)/''ma'' (inanimate).
Examples of ''vy'' vs. ''mǫ/ma'':
:'''''Norþi nefoto věc jorqí li.'''''
:''I want the woman who will take care of me.''
:'''''Norþi nefoto mǫ jorqí li.'''''
:''I want a woman who would take care of me.''


==Derivational morphology==
==Derivational morphology==