Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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====Complement clauses==== | ====Complement clauses==== | ||
Themsaran uses chiefly finite complement clauses, unlike for other types of subordinate clauses. The distinction between indicative and subjunctive moods can be used to indicate whether the speaker's degree of belief: | Themsaran uses chiefly finite complement clauses, unlike for other types of subordinate clauses. There is no change of tense as occurs in English. The distinction between indicative and subjunctive moods can be used to indicate whether the speaker's degree of belief: | ||
:'''''ne ascinévi d'iennā́''''' | :'''''ne ascinévi d'iennā́''''' | ||
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:'''''ne arnynscinévi d'iennā́''''' | :'''''ne arnynscinévi d'iennā́''''' | ||
:''(the allegation) that they are exceptional in war'' | :''(the allegation) that they are exceptional in war'' | ||
Indirect questions mostly copy the original question, with appropriate changes in person and often changing the verb into the subjunctive (As in indirect qu. Wh-words remain unchanged, and ''éi'' often but not always changes to ''ar''. | |||
====Conditional clauses==== | ====Conditional clauses==== | ||