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Chlouvānem relative clauses are nonreduced and built in a correlative structure: both clauses are independent, with the relative clause defining the shared noun with a relative pronoun (the '''te-''' column of the [[Chlouvānem/Morphology#Correlatives|table of correlatives]]) while the main clause uses the corresponding distal one ('''nanā''' ('''ateni''' in Archaic Chlouvānem) and variations).<br/>
Chlouvānem relative clauses are nonreduced and built in a correlative structure: both clauses are independent, with the relative clause defining the shared noun with a relative pronoun (the '''te-''' column of the [[Chlouvānem/Morphology#Correlatives|table of correlatives]]) while the main clause uses the corresponding distal one ('''nanā''' ('''ateni''' in Archaic Chlouvānem) and variations).<br/>
The structure is thus as follows:
The structure is thus as follows:
: ''tėvita jāyim mešegąsī nanā jāyim liliā buneya.''
: ''tėvita jāyim mešėsę nanā jāyim liliā buneya.''
: which_person.<small>REL.DIR</small>. girl.<small>DIR.SG</small>. see-<small>IND.PRES.3S.EXTERIOR.PATIENT-2S.ERG</small>. that.<small>DIR</small>. girl.<small>DIR.SG</small>. <small>1S.GEN.</small> older_sister.<small>DIR.SG</small>.
: which_person.<small>REL.DIR</small>. girl.<small>DIR.SG</small>. see-<small>IND.PRES.3S.EXTERIOR.PATIENT-2S.ERG</small>. that.<small>DIR</small>. girl.<small>DIR.SG</small>. <small>1S.GEN.</small> older_sister.<small>DIR.SG</small>.
: My older sister is the girl that you see.
: My older sister is the girl that you see.
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With all other relativizers, the correlative structure is usually the only solution; place (''tėjulā'') and manner (''tėlīce'') may use participles in locative-trigger or instrumental-trigger instead, but still the correlative structure is preferred:
With all other relativizers, the correlative structure is usually the only solution; place (''tėjulā'') and manner (''tėlīce'') may use participles in locative-trigger or instrumental-trigger instead, but still the correlative structure is preferred:
: ''liliā ñæltah tėmiya līlekhaitui tesmudhiṣya ātiya tami lairkeikui khlavasiṣyailī''.
: ''liliā ñæltah tėmiya līlekhaitui tesmudhiṣya ātiya tami lairkeikui khlavasiṣyalį''.
: <small>1S.GEN</small>. sister.<small>DIR.SG</small>. when.<small>REL</small>. Līlekhaitė-<small>DAT</small>. depart_with_plane-<small>IND.FUT.3S.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. then. <small>3S.DIR.PARROT</small>. airport-<small>DAT.SG</small>. go_with.<small>IND.FUT.3S.EXTERIOR.PATIENT-1S.ERG</small>.
: <small>1S.GEN</small>. sister.<small>DIR.SG</small>. when.<small>REL</small>. Līlekhaitė-<small>DAT</small>. depart_with_plane-<small>IND.FUT.3S.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. then. <small>3S.DIR.PARROT</small>. airport-<small>DAT.SG</small>. go_with.<small>IND.FUT.3S.EXTERIOR.PATIENT-1S.ERG</small>.
: When my sister takes the plane to Līlekhaitė, I will go with her to the airport.
: When my sister takes the plane to Līlekhaitė, I will go with her to the airport.


: ''tami tėmena kulitьçait ātmena gu tarliru ša''.
: ''tami tėmena kulitьçå ātmena gu tarliru ša''.
: <small>2S.DIR</small>. why.<small>REL</small>. say-<small>IND.AOR.3S.EXTERIOR-AGENT-3S.ACC</small>. that_reason. <small>NEG</small>- know-<small>IND.PRES.1S.INTERIOR</small>. -<small>NEG</small>.
: <small>2S.DIR</small>. why.<small>REL</small>. say-<small>IND.AOR.3S.EXTERIOR-AGENT-3S.ACC</small>. that_reason. <small>NEG</small>- know-<small>IND.PRES.1S.INTERIOR</small>. -<small>NEG</small>.
: I don’t know why (s)he said it.
: I don’t know why (s)he said it.