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:Where are the dumplings that I baked? (lit. "Where are the dumplings such that I baked them?")
:Where are the dumplings that I baked? (lit. "Where are the dumplings such that I baked them?")


Independent clauses are technically not possible in Rttirri; instead, the verb complex in the clause is made into a gerund using the suffix ''-pu''. This eliminates the need for evidentiality particles on the clause, since nouns cannot have evidentiality. In the following example, a gerund is made the direct object of the verb "to say":
Independent clauses are technically not possible in Rttirri. Instead, a dummy "noun" ''sa'' is incorporated into the main verb complex, and the verb complex in the clause is made into a gerund-like construct using the suffix ''-ppu''. This eliminates the need for evidentiality particles on the clause, since nouns cannot have evidentiality. In the following example, a gerund is made the direct object of the verb "to say":


:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu ∅-ppa-kau-'''pu''' rra-kka.''
:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-'''sa'''-na ∅-ppa-kau-'''ppu''' rra-kka.''
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 3SG.ABS-go-want-GER house-DAT
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-dummy-DRPAC 3SG.ABS-go-want-GER house-DAT
:She said that she wanted to go home. (lit. "She spoke her desire to go home.")
:She said that she wanted to go home. (lit. "She spoke her desire to go home.")


Quoted speech, however, requires no such nominalization.
Quoted speech, however, requires no such nominalization. However, ''sa'' is still incorporated into the main verb complex.


:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu, "Ni-ppa-kau-nu rra-kka!"''
:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-'''sa'''-na, "Ni-ppa-kau-nu rra-kka!"''
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 1SG.ABS-go-want-DRPAC house-DAT
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-dummy-DRPAC 1SG.ABS-go-want-DRPAC house-DAT
:She said, "I want to go home!"
:She said, "I want to go home!"
Normally, relative and independent clauses are grammatically singular, but they can be pluralized to indicate an idea or utterance that is expressed repeatedly.
:''Na-'''hhi'''-pu-nyarra-sa-na ke-ni-kka-kura-kapa-ppu!''
:1SG.ERG-3PL.ABS-PST-yell-dummy-DRPAC 2SG.ERG-1SG.ABS-IMP-kick-stop-GER
:I kept yelling at you to stop kicking me!


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