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The choice of the relative pronoun depends on the definiteness/specificity of the noun. Specific referents use ''ve'' as the relative pronoun, whereas indefinite or hypothetical nouns use ''mǫ'' (animate)/''ma'' (inanimate). | The choice of the relative pronoun depends on the definiteness/specificity of the noun. Specific referents use ''ve'' as the relative pronoun, whereas indefinite or hypothetical nouns use ''mǫ'' (animate)/''ma'' (inanimate). | ||
===Sequence of tenses | ===Sequence of tenses in subordinate clauses=== | ||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 500px; text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
!|Type | |||
!|Form of protasis | |||
!|Form of apodosis | |||
|- | |||
|gnomic; general present | |||
|''jěj'' + present | |||
|present | |||
|- | |||
|general past | |||
|''jěj'' + imperfect | |||
|imperfect | |||
|- | |||
|future | |||
|''jěj'' + subjunctive | |||
|{{abbtip|often present in colloquial usage|future}} | |||
|- | |||
|counterfactual present/imperfect | |||
|''lu'' + imperfect | |||
|imperfect conditional | |||
|- | |||
|counterfactual preterite | |||
|''lu'' + preterite | |||
|preterite conditional | |||
|} | |||
==Derivational morphology== | ==Derivational morphology== | ||