Relative Pronouns
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The different types and uses of relative pronouns in Gallifreyan
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2. Gallifreyan Idioms
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8. Relative Pronouns
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First things first: Gallifreyan has no fused relative pronouns. There are no free relative clauses (relative clauses with no antecedent). In the English sentence "I like what you did", the word "what" is both the antecedent AND the relative pronoun. In Gallifreyan, this sort of construction is impossible; it must be translated as "I like that, which you did". Gallifreyan also requires a pronoun, so sentences like "The man you saw yesterday was my uncle" must be translated as "the man which you saw yesterday, was my uncle".
Subject
that - towa (non-animate, clauses)
when/where - ɹik'a
who - k'av
Indirect object
whom - k'av
which - kukuʔ
Prepositional complement
which - kukuʔ
whom - k'av
Possessor
Gallifreyan does not have possessives. Please use an -ɪl/-na construction with one of the above pronouns.
In most cases, a relative pronoun is placed at the beginning of a new judicium with a comma link between the judicium. However, in the case of the above sentence "the man which you saw yesterday, was my uncle", the noun phrase "the man" is included in the same judicium as the relative clause, and "was my uncle" is in its own judicium.
Indefinite relative pronouns (whoever, whatever, wherever) are treated solely as antecedents. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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