Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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''ie'': and | ''ie'': and | ||
''ielaš'': although | |||
''ne'': that (complementizer) | ''ne'': that (complementizer) | ||
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''nit'': if (gnomic) | ''nit'': if (gnomic) | ||
''nitrôg'': that (restrictive) | ''nitrôg/trôg'': that (restrictive) | ||
''nu'': xor/nand | ''nu'': xor/nand | ||
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The participial relative clause is introduced with a participle. An active participle's possessor is the object and a passive participle's possessor is the agent. It is the default relative clause formation method. | The participial relative clause is introduced with a participle. An active participle's possessor is the object and a passive participle's possessor is the agent. It is the default relative clause formation method. | ||
The finite relative clause is introduced optionally with a relativizer ''rin'' (non-restrictive and default) or ''nitrôg'' (restrictive; etymologically "whenever"). When the head is omitted, the relativizer is mandatory | The finite relative clause is introduced optionally with a relativizer ''rin'' (non-restrictive and default) or ''nitrôg/trôg'' (restrictive; etymologically "whenever"). When the head is omitted, the relativizer is mandatory. | ||
====Complement clauses==== | ====Complement clauses==== | ||
Themsaran uses chiefly finite complement clauses, unlike for other types of subordinate clauses. | |||
===Negation=== | ===Negation=== | ||