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Deranked time clauses can be formed by using a preposition, most commonly ''dy'' 'when', ''ñal'' 'before', and 'tyn' 'after'. The subject of the time clause is marked with the genitive ''ry''. | Deranked time clauses can be formed by using a preposition, most commonly ''dy'' 'when', ''ñal'' 'before', and 'tyn' 'after'. The subject of the time clause is marked with the genitive ''ry''. | ||
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*''dy cri | *''dy my cri'' 'when we walk', lit. 'at our walking' | ||
*When there is no possessor the subject is assumed to be an impersonal subject: ''dy cri'' 'when one walks'. | |||
===Relative clauses=== | ===Relative clauses=== | ||