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 :Where are the dumplings that I baked? (lit. "Where are the dumplings such that I baked them?")
-Independent clauses are technically not possible in Rttirri; instead, the verb complex in the clause is made into a gerund using the suffix ''-pu''. This eliminates the need for evidentiality particles on the clause, since nouns cannot have evidentiality. In the following example, a gerund is made the direct object of the verb "to say":
+Independent clauses are technically not possible in Rttirri. Instead, a dummy "noun" ''sa'' is incorporated into the main verb complex, and the verb complex in the clause is made into a gerund-like construct using the suffix ''-ppu''. This eliminates the need for evidentiality particles on the clause, since nouns cannot have evidentiality. In the following example, a gerund is made the direct object of the verb "to say":
-:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu ∅-ppa-kau-'''pu''' rra-kka.''
+:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-'''sa'''-na ∅-ppa-kau-'''ppu''' rra-kka.''
-:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 3SG.ABS-go-want-GER house-DAT
+:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-dummy-DRPAC 3SG.ABS-go-want-GER house-DAT
 :She said that she wanted to go home. (lit. "She spoke her desire to go home.")
-Quoted speech, however, requires no such nominalization.
+Quoted speech, however, requires no such nominalization. However, ''sa'' is still incorporated into the main verb complex.
-:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu, "Ni-ppa-kau-nu rra-kka!"''
+:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-'''sa'''-na, "Ni-ppa-kau-nu rra-kka!"''
-:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 1SG.ABS-go-want-DRPAC house-DAT
+:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-dummy-DRPAC 1SG.ABS-go-want-DRPAC house-DAT
 :She said, "I want to go home!"
+Normally, relative and independent clauses are grammatically singular, but they can be pluralized to indicate an idea or utterance that is expressed repeatedly.
+:''Na-'''hhi'''-pu-nyarra-sa-na ke-ni-kka-kura-kapa-ppu!''
+:1SG.ERG-3PL.ABS-PST-yell-dummy-DRPAC 2SG.ERG-1SG.ABS-IMP-kick-stop-GER
+:I kept yelling at you to stop kicking me!
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