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Order of relative clause and noun
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Relative clause follows noun
Example 26-10:
ʃi da wan
hu
da fə˞s wɛn ʃo mi wɛ da bal
ʃi
she
da
art
wan
one
[hu
[
rel
da
art
fə˞s
first
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
ʃo
show
mi
1sg
.
obl
wɛ
where
da
art
bal]
ball]
She was the one who was the first to show me where the ball was.
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 176
Example 26-11:
id kam tu ɾa saɪz
wad
ji wan
id
3sg
kam
come
tu
to
ɾa
art
saɪz
size
[wad
[
rel
ji
2sg
wan]
want]
It comes to the size which you want.
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 46
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Feature:
Order of relative clause and noun
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 176
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