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Example 76-20
kimmik nagorok pitcȗk uñacĭksu elekta picuktu pitcȗk awoña
kimmik
dog
nagorok
good
pitcȗk
not
uñacĭksu
far
elekta
go
picuktu
want
pitcȗk
not
awoña
I
When I have poor dogs I don't like to make long trips.
Comment:
A distinction between relative clauses and other attributive or in this example even predicative constructions cannot really be made.
Type:
reconstructed by documentalist
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 231
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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