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===Relative clauses=== | ===Relative clauses=== | ||
:'''''Mi na dlïah yryñéel ry twm go orr awb sovl ber (awr)!''''' | |||
:this SPEC.PL event terrible REL NEG IPFV should 1EX hear about (3PL) | |||
:''These are terrible events that we should not have heard of!'' | |||
*no relativizer is used when the head is the subject in the relative clause | *no relativizer is used when the head is the subject in the relative clause | ||
*''ry'' is used otherwise, possibly with a resumptive pronoun | *''ry'' is used otherwise, possibly with a resumptive pronoun | ||
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**This state of affairs came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional. | **This state of affairs came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional. | ||
*for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | *for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | ||
*in formal writing, the | *in formal writing, the resumptive pronoun may be taken from the proximal ''m''-series to eliminate ambiguity. | ||
*for relativizing sentences or statements, ''taw'' 'what' is used | *for relativizing sentences or statements, the relativizer ''taw'' 'what' is used | ||
:'''''... taw þwmoñéed emb þur na tyþ, ñi þyñém.''''' | :'''''... taw þwmoñéed emb þur na tyþ, ñi þyñém.''''' | ||
:what confirm COMP equal SPEC.PL two as desire | :what confirm COMP equal SPEC.PL two as desire | ||
:''...which confirms that the two are equal, as desired.'' | :''...which confirms that the two are equal, as desired.'' | ||
===Complement clauses=== | ===Complement clauses=== | ||