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There are two relativizers: ''ai'' and ''au''. Which you use depends on how the head fits into the relative clause. If the head noun is the subject of the relative clause, ''ai'' is used. If it is the object, then ''au'' is used. | There are two relativizers: ''ai'' and ''au''. Which you use depends on how the head fits into the relative clause. If the head noun is the subject of the relative clause, ''ai'' is used. If it is the object, then ''au'' is used. | ||
So let's take the above example. If I say "The tree that burns down", the head is "tree", and the relative clause is "that burns down", that you can look at as "The tree (it burns down)". In that clause, the tree is the subject (it is what is burning). So it's the subject of the relative clause. When you write the clause, you use the relativizer ai: | So let's take the above example. If I say "The tree that burns down", the head is "tree", and the relative clause is "that burns down", that you can look at as "The tree (it burns down)". In that clause, the tree is the subject (it is what is burning). So it's the subject of the relative clause. When you write the clause, you use the relativizer ''ai'': | ||
''geeth ai aekhlaat'' | {| | ||
tree REL/SUBJ burns | |- | ||
"tree that burns" | | ''geeth || ai || aekhlaat'' | ||
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| tree || REL/SUBJ || burns | |||
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| "tree || that || burns" | |||
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(Note: there is no object listed after the verb because there is nothing the tree is doing the burning to) | (Note: there is no object listed after the verb because there is nothing the tree is doing the burning to.) | ||
If I say "The tree that I burn", the head is the same (tree), but the tree is now the object, the thing being burned. In this case, the relativizer is ''au'' instead of ''ai'': | If I say "The tree that I burn", the head is the same (tree), but the tree is now the object, the thing being burned. In this case, the relativizer is ''au'' instead of ''ai'': | ||