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Subject relative clauses
Relative clauses are not very common in Norf'k.
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 70.0%
Example 24-167:
d' bass fulla
who
bin roen myse teeth
d'
det
.
def
bass
best
fulla
fellow
who
who
bin
pst
roen
spoil
myse
my
teeth
tooth/teeth
the best guy who treated my teeth
Confidence:
Certain
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Zero and gap Frequency: 30.0%
Example 24-168:
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.
Example 24-169:
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).
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Language:
Norf'k
Feature:
Subject relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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