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Language:
Norf'k
Parameter:
Subject relative clauses
Examples
Any ahmerulla sullen thought gwenner clim dem tree, hawe to be jus’ so.
Any
any
ahmerulla
clumsy
sullen
person
thought
think
gwenner
fut
clim
climb
dem
that
tree,
tree
hawe
have
to
to
be
be
jus’
just
so.
so
Any clumsy person who thinks they are going to climb that tree would have to do it just right.
I see wan haus noe gat dor.
I
I
see
see
wan
det
.
indf
.
sg
haus
house
noe
neg
gat
have
dor.
door
I saw a house without a door (lit. I saw a house that didn't have a door).
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