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In the past tense, a participle modifying the head as an adjective puts the head into a ''patient'' role in the relative clause (by split ergativity). Hence, agents of a transitive verb must use the preposition ''ro'' plus a resumptive pronoun. | In the past tense, a participle modifying the head as an adjective puts the head into a ''patient'' role in the relative clause (by split ergativity). Hence, agents of a transitive verb must use the preposition ''ro'' plus a resumptive pronoun. | ||
:'''''G'laí an h-ultam ri arŋaín rún stámh.''''' | |||
:''The number I counted was 6.'' | |||
A non-restrictive relative clause is marked with a pause (rendered as a dash "–") before the relative clause. | A non-restrictive relative clause is marked with a pause (rendered as a dash "–") before the relative clause. |
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