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====Relative Clauses==== | ====Relative Clauses==== | ||
Relative clauses modify their subjects/objects through means above the clausal level (i.e. they consist of sentences that specify a noun). | [[w:Relative clause|Relative clauses]] modify their subjects/objects through means above the clausal level (i.e. they consist of sentences that specify a noun). Clitics and heretoclitic pronouns are responsible for this feature, be they proper to denote gender such ''sa'' or gender, case, and number such as ''masu''; with he latter being a mere variant of the former when no noun is applied (e.g. ''murus su, saíkat iru'' "the philosopher who is dead" and ''muras masu'' "who is dead"). | ||
=====Non-Restrictive Clauses===== | =====Non-Restrictive Clauses===== | ||
[.. | [[w:Relative clause#Restrictive and non-restrictive|Non-restrictive]] relations force right-bound order, where the verb follows the object, and the (hetero)clitic pronoun is situated after the (pro)noun it relativizes (e.g. ''bîbliru, sa nā babál'' "the book, which is being read by me"). | ||
''bîbliru, sa babál'' "the book, which is being read" | |||
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=====Restrictive Clauses===== | =====Restrictive Clauses===== | ||
Restrictive relations force left-bound inversion, where the verb | Restrictive relations force left-bound inversion, where the verb precedes the object.''babál, sa bîbliru'' "the book which is being read' | ||
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