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 In '''characteristic relative clauses''' the subjunctive is used. These clauses define their antecedent as belonging to a certain character or king, rather than to only state a fact about it. Often, these clauses are used in questions, though not always. Note the following examples:
+*''sakīfyo, si bīnnik garitħūdūšū, lo hūša ʔit pe'' = "Scipio, who conquered Carthage, did not do this"
-''sakīfyo, si bīnnik garitħūdūšū, lo hūša ʔit pe''*= "Scipio, who conquered Carthage, did not do this"
+*''sakīfyo, si bīnnik garitħūdūšū, si ʔal '''yīššū''' ʔit pe'' = "Scipio, who conquered Carthage, is not the kind of person to have done this"
-''sakīfyo, si bīnnik garitħūdūšū, si ʔal '''yīššū''' ʔit pe''*= "Scipio, who conquered Carthage, is not the kind of person to have done this"
+*''het mī si '''yīššū''' ʔit pe?'' = "Is there a kind of person who does this?"
-''het mī si '''yīššū''' ʔit pe?''*= "Is there a kind of person who does this?"
 The first sentence is entirely in the indicative, while the other two are both subjunctive. Note how in the third sentence, the interrogative pronoun is offset by the relative pronoun, so it is not an indirect question.