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===Circumstantial clauses===
===Circumstantial clauses===
For example, the Latin phrase ''Quaerendo invenietis'' 'Seek and ye shall find' can be translated using the transgressive:
For example, the Latin phrase ''Quaerendo invenietis'' 'Seek and ye shall find' can be translated using the transgressive:
:'''''Hadůp qavvylono.'''''
:'''''Hydůp qavvylono.'''''
:seek/TRGR 3SG.N-IRR/find-2PL
:seek/TRGR 3SG.N-IRR/find-2PL
:''Look for it and find it.'' (More literally: ''[By] seeking, you will find it.'' or ''[By] seeking, find it.'')
:''Look for it and find it.'' (More literally: ''[By] seeking, you will find it.'' or ''[By] seeking, find it.'')
:'''''Hadůp qyvvelon tim.'''''
:'''''Hydůp qyvvelon tim.'''''
:seek/TRGR 3SG.N-REAL/find 2PL
:seek/TRGR 3SG.N-REAL/find 2PL
:''"Seek and ye shall [surely] find."'' (This indicates a ''much'' higher-than-normal degree of certainty that "ye shall find".)
:''"Seek and ye shall [surely] find."'' (This indicates a ''much'' higher-than-normal degree of certainty that "ye shall find".)