Example 1-28

Wan uman ben de dapeh, dissi habi wan jeje vo siki sinsi tin na aiti jari.
Wan
art.indf.sg
uma
woman
ben
pst
de
cop
dape,
there
disi
rel
habi
have
wan
art.indf.sg
yeye
spirit
fu
of
siki
illness
sensi
since
tin
ten
na
at
aiti
eight
yari.
year
There was a woman there, who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years.
Comment:
Ad Features 92 "Subject relative clauses" and 7 "Order of relative clause and noun": The relative clause is marked by disi; nothing (else) appears in its subject position. It appears to the right of the matrix predicate, while the antecedent is in the sentence-initial subject position.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781: 176