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| ''geeth || ai || aekhlaat'' | | ''geeth'' || '''''ai''''' || ''aekhlaat'' | ||
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| tree || REL/SUBJ || burns | | tree || REL/SUBJ || burns | ||
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'The tree that burns.' | |||
(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.) | ||
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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'': | ||
''geeth au ootawnaekhlaat leed'' | {| | ||
tree | |- | ||
| ''geeth'' || '''''au''''' || ''ootawnaekhlaat'' || ''leed'' | |||
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| tree || REL/OBJ || cause-burn || I | |||
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'The tree that I burn.' | |||
(Note: There is a subject in the relative clause - ''leed'' ("I") - since "I" am doing the burning. It appears after the verb because the verb is always second. Also, the verb is slightly different. ''aekhlaat'' means something is burning. I am making it burn, so the verb is literally "to cause-to-burn." For more on that construction, see the section on | (Note: There is a subject in the relative clause - ''leed'' ("I") - since "I" am doing the burning. It appears after the verb because the verb is always second. Also, the verb is slightly different. ''aekhlaat'' means something is burning. I am making it burn, so the verb is literally "to cause-to-burn." For more on that construction, see the section on | ||
Verbs). | Verbs). | ||
One thing to remember is that the relativizer is based off of where the head noun fits into the relative clause, | One thing to remember is that the relativizer is based off of where the head noun fits into the relative clause, ''not'' where it fits into the overall sentence. Look at the following sentence: | ||
''leed agen igeeth ai aekhlaat'' | {| | ||
I see tree-OBJ REL/SUBJ burn | |- | ||
| ''leed'' || ''agen'' || ''igeeth'' || '''''ai''''' || ''aekhlaat'' | |||
| I || see || tree-OBJ || REL/SUBJ || burn | |||
|} | |||
'I see a tree that burns' | |||
The tree is an object of the sentence, but is the subject of the clause (it is what I see, but it is what is burning). So ''ai'' is the appropriate relativizer, not ''au''. | The tree is an object of the sentence, but is the subject of the clause (it is what I see, but it is what is burning). So ''ai'' is the appropriate relativizer, not ''au''. | ||