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*Here are some examples of verbs from different types: ''ikkiniin'' (''ikki-niin'') "I see it" (active transitive verb), II – ''ikkistóón'' (''ikki-s-nóón'') "I understand" (detransitive verb), ''sonníín'' (''si-m-níín'') "I am watched" (passive), ''ákkisciin'' (''á-kki-s-niin'') "(thing) that I see" (conjunct verb), ''naʼpáí'' (''naʼ-m-háá-i'') "I am getting here"([[w:Voice_(grammar)#The_middle_voice|middle verb]]). | *Here are some examples of verbs from different types: ''ikkiniin'' (''ikki-niin'') "I see it" (active transitive verb), II – ''ikkistóón'' (''ikki-s-nóón'') "I understand" (detransitive verb), ''sonníín'' (''si-m-níín'') "I am watched" (passive), ''ákkisciin'' (''á-kki-s-niin'') "(thing) that I see" (conjunct verb), ''naʼpáí'' (''naʼ-m-háá-i'') "I am getting here"([[w:Voice_(grammar)#The_middle_voice|middle verb]]). | ||
In order to make relative clauses, one should use conjunct verbs. These verbs can also be nominalized with an addition of nominal suffixes and thus behave like nouns. Here is an example of a sentence with a relative clause and a nominalized verb: | |||
:{| | |||
|ista | |||
|ááttaʼaa | |||
|ácoi | |||
|skiyínni. | |||
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|ist-a | |||
|á-∅-at-haʼ-aa | |||
|á-a-coo-∅ | |||
|ski-y-ínni-o | |||
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|man-AN.SG | |||
|CONJ-3sg.-INCH-go.PFV-3.sg.AN | |||
|CONJ-STAT-fish-IN.SG | |||
|1.sg.POSS-epenthetic-"y"-husband-AN.SG | |||
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| colspan="3" |'The man who has just gone fishing is my husband.' | |||
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