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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 | 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- | :''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- | :''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! | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||