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 *Medially, /ɾ l n/ before any consonant except themselves
 *Medially, /ɸ s x/ before plosives with same PoA
+==Synatx==
+===Constructions===
+====Relatives====
+;Subject
+:[late come-{{sc|pst|}} girl-{{sc|agt]-agt}} teacher-{{sc|pat}} at;{{sc|appl}} yell-{{sc|pst}}
+:"The girl [who came late] yelled at the teacher."
+;Object
+:I-{{sc|agt}} rose-{{sc|pat}} [see-{{sc|pst}} Kate-{{sc|agt}} girl-{{sc|pat}}]-{{sc|dat}} give-{{sc|pst}}
+:"I gave a rose to the girl [that Kate saw]."
+;Indirect object
+:John-{{sc|agt}} [to write-{{sc|pst}} I-{{sc|agt}} letter-{{sc|pat}} girl-{{sc|dat}}]-{{sc|pat}} know
+:"John knows the girl [I wrote a letter to]."
+;Oblique
+:I-{{sc|agt}} [hit-{{sc|pst}} robbers-{{sc|agt}} john-{{sc|gen}} head-{{sc|pat}} rock-{{sc|ins}}]-{{sc|pat}} find-{{sc|pst}}
+:"I found the rock [which the robbers had hit John over the head with]."
+;Genitive
+:[dead-{{sc|pst}} father-{{sc|pat}}]-{{sc|gen}} girl-{{sc|agt}} I-{{sc|pat}} she-{{sc|agt}} sad to say-{{sc|pst}}
+:"The girl [whose father died] told me she was sad."