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The relative pronoun ''žė'' is used for both relative and complement clauses. It may takes prepositional cases, just like English relative pronouns. The word ''žė'' is from PSem *ðā, the accusative singular form of the demonstrative *ðū; cf. Biblical Hebrew זו ''zu'', Aramaic די ''dī''.

For relative clauses whose heads are prepositional objects in the relative clause, there are ~~two~~ strategies ~~like in English~~:

For relative clauses whose heads are prepositional objects in the relative clause, there are three strategies:

*~~In informal Togarmite,~~ the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.

*the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.

*~~In formal Togarmite,~~ the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.

*the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.

*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'.

*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'. This is the most common strategy with the other two considered archaic.

==Derivation==

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 The relative pronoun ''žė'' is used for both relative and complement clauses. It may takes prepositional cases, just like English relative pronouns. The word ''žė'' is from PSem *ðā, the accusative singular form of the demonstrative *ðū; cf. Biblical Hebrew זו ''zu'', Aramaic די ''dī''.
-For relative clauses whose heads are prepositional objects in the relative clause, there are two strategies like in English:
+For relative clauses whose heads are prepositional objects in the relative clause, there are three strategies:
-*In informal Togarmite, the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.
+*the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.
-*In formal Togarmite, the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.
+*the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.
-*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'.
+*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'. This is the most common strategy with the other two considered archaic.
 ==Derivation==