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===Relative clauses===

Netagin has two relativizers:

==== Balanced relative clauses ====

For balanced relative clauses, Netagin has two relativizers:

*''be'': a noun relativized with ''be'' can be either the subject or the direct object.

*''myri'' unambiguously denotes a direct object (if necessary, after taking the applicative).

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*For comparison of adverbs, again the auxiliary verb corresponding to the adverb is used with either the transgressive or the verbal noun of the lexical verb. The auxiliary can take applicatives and direct objects: ''the only student I can jump higher than'' = "the only student REL him-APPL-do_better-1SG jump.TRGR" (pseudogloss)

The ''pyśme vean'' "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available in ~~post-classical literary~~ Netagin ~~(the~~ applicative has been lost in Modern Netagin vernaculars, which instead use either the gap strategy or resumptive pronouns for less "relativizable" positions in the relativization hierarchy). Internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry.

The ''pyśme vean'' "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available in late Classical Netagin. The applicative has been lost in Modern Netagin vernaculars, which instead use either the gap strategy or resumptive pronouns for less "relativizable" positions in the relativization hierarchy). Internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry, even in Classical Netagin.

==== Deranked relative clauses ====

Netagin also has deranked relative clauses, which uses possessed verbal nouns and (todo:) mirror similar constructions in Lushootseed (cf. English ''the weapon of your choosing'').

===Complement clauses===

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 ===Relative clauses===
-Netagin has two relativizers:
+==== Balanced relative clauses ====
+For balanced relative clauses, Netagin has two relativizers:
 *''be'': a noun relativized with ''be'' can be either the subject or the direct object.
 *''myri'' unambiguously denotes a direct object (if necessary, after taking the applicative).
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 *For comparison of adverbs, again the auxiliary verb corresponding to the adverb is used with either the transgressive or the verbal noun of the lexical verb. The auxiliary can take applicatives and direct objects: ''the only student I can jump higher than'' = "the only student REL him-APPL-do_better-1SG jump.TRGR" (pseudogloss)
-The ''pyśme vean'' "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available in post-classical literary Netagin (the applicative has been lost in Modern Netagin vernaculars, which instead use either the gap strategy or resumptive pronouns for less "relativizable" positions in the relativization hierarchy). Internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry.
+The ''pyśme vean'' "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available in late Classical Netagin. The applicative has been lost in Modern Netagin vernaculars, which instead use either the gap strategy or resumptive pronouns for less "relativizable" positions in the relativization hierarchy). Internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry, even in Classical Netagin.
+==== Deranked relative clauses ====
+Netagin also has deranked relative clauses, which uses possessed verbal nouns and (todo:) mirror similar constructions in Lushootseed (cf. English ''the weapon of your choosing'').
 ===Complement clauses===