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Subject relative clauses
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Non-reduction Frequency: 90.0%
Example 70-11:
Jon kempa u-lon baito, u maila.
Jon
rel
kempa
camp
u-lon
3-
pl
baito,
cop
u
3sg
maila.
dirty
The camp that they stayed at was dirty.
Confidence:
Intermediate
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Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 10.0%
Example 70-8:
Tab u manki jon jano [...] u-loŋ karo.
Tab
then
u
dem
manki
monkey
jon
rel
jano
know
[...]
[...]
u-loŋ
3-
pl
karo.
do
Then those monkeys that know (they) do it.
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
Feature:
Subject relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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