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3. Demonstratives
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7. Relational verbs
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8. Relative clauses
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10. Topic and focus
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Relative clauses are formed putting the relativized argument to the front and leaving its place empty. The verb within the relative usually has a prefix a-. Only lexical verbs use this prefix, aspectual verbs donyt.
kwef hay rabwis xbwaq.
run woman REL.kill rabbit
The woman that killed the rabbit ran
kwef hay yäq rabwis xbwaq.
run woman sit REL.kill rabbit
The woman that is killing the rabbit ran
xbwaq hay rabwis noq zyak.
rabbit woman REL.kill have big
The rabbit that the woman killed is big.
xbwaq yäq hay rabwis noq zyak
rabbit woman REL.kill have big
The rabbit that the woman is killing is big
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