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====Dependent clauses==== | ====Dependent clauses==== | ||
===Conjunctions=== | |||
There are 3 enclitic conjunctions appearing at the end of the last fully inflected noun in a string. When the enclisis makes a new consonant cluster, the accented syllable sympathetically moves to the new penult (old ultimate), if not already there by nature (cf. sentence '''4)''' below). | |||
#'''-kX/gX''', "and" | |||
#'''-wX/wX''', exclusive "or" | |||
#'''-li''', inclusive "or" | |||
Examples: | |||
:1) '''mowokín saráynka razánka''ka'' wokódowon''' | |||
:dog.erg.pl rabbit.tel bear.tel.'''''and''''' fight.3.pl.ACT | |||
:the dogs are killing a rabbit and a bear | |||
:2) '''mowokín saráynka razánka''wa'' wokódowon''' | |||
:dog.erg.pl rabbit.tel bear.tel.'''''or''''' fight.3.pl.ACT | |||
:the dogs are killing a rabbit, or they're killing a bear | |||
:3) '''mowokín saráynka razánka''li'' wokódowon''' | |||
:dog.erg.pl rabbit.tel bear.tel.'''''or''''' fight.3.pl.ACT | |||
:the dogs are killing a rabbit or a bear (I can't tell which/I don't care which) | |||
:4) '''nyažínraž itvoynróž''go''+ gařáya''' | |||
:valley.gen.pl.dim running water.gen.pl.dim.'''''and''''' child.erg.dim | |||
:a child of the valleys and running waters = sweet summer child, naive person | |||
::+original accent would be '''''itvóynrož''''' | |||
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