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 examples:
-Sac iz kognizine
+Sac iz '''kognizine''' ip misi spanixa.  The woman knows Spanish.
+Sac az '''nowine''' ip mani ap misa.  The man knows the woman.
+Sac iz '''vidine''' ip misi ap mana.  The woman saw the man.
+Sac iz '''smelise''' ip misi flora.  The woman smelled a flower.
+''Subordinate Predicates''
+examples:
+'''Atisu''' ap mana husi, sac iz atine ap misa deri.  When the man came home, the woman was there.
+Sac iz nay vidise ip mani nobada, '''wakisu''' ha awi.  The man didn't see anybody, (so) he walked away.
+Embedded Predicates
+examples:
+Sac iz vidise ip misi atanua ava ip tri.  The woman spied the bird in the tree. (The woman spied the bird being (at) in the tree.)
+Sac iz
+Reduced Predicates
+Reduced Predicates translate as a relative clause.  They function similar to an adjective in English.
+examples:
+ap talan mana  the tall man
+ap engran misa  the angry woman
+ap dedan mana  the dead man
+ap dedas mana  the dying man (the died man)
+ap dedal mana  the killed man
+ap butufan flora  the beautiful flower