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=====Relative Elements===== | |||
compare the use of the possessive pronoun in ''mûm suruci'' "his mother" with ''mûm sumiru ’ûl āmfár'' "the man whose mother died" | |||
syntactic implications of pronouns: ''mûm suma ’ûliru āmfár'', ''mûm sumiru ’ûl āmfár'' , and ''mûmim muru ’ûl āmfár'' are all equivalent to "the man's mother died". ...not in construct state because of the possessive pronoun | |||
''ata áqila-k siktí'' "the philosopher can see you" | |||
''ata áqila-kan'' "I can see you" | |||
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''ísit iru ’ûl'' is an alternative form to ''ísitu ’ûvil'' | |||
''úgūla-t siktí'' "the philosopher wants to eat" | |||
''úgūla-tan'' "I want to eat" | |||
neither *saíkat ira úbūl nor *úbūl ira siktí, but úbūla-k siktí "the philosopher can read" | |||
=====Restrictive Clauses===== | =====Restrictive Clauses===== | ||
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restrictive and non-restrictive clause | restrictive and non-restrictive clause | ||