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There are three kinds of relative clauses: restrictive, parenthetical, and indefinite. All three begin with the particle hu and end with the particle fo. The head noun is moved from the relative clause and replaced by a pronoun.
A restrictive relative clause is a clause that acts as a noun-modifier and limits the possible set of entities that the phrase can refer to, like the other modifiers encountered so far. It must contain a form of restrictive relative pronoun (Rst). These are:
| pe | Rst.I | "what" | (pronoun) |
| pi | Rst.A | "who(m)" | (pronoun) |
| pio | Rst.Pos | "whose" | (possessive determiner) |
| epe | Rst.L | "where" | (locational verb) |
| pan | Rst.Tw | "when" | (temporal adverb) |
| pin | Rst.Td | "?" | (duration adverb?) |
| pa | Rst.Deg | "how" | (degree) |
| po | Rst.D | "which" | (determiner) |
damo hu me vida pi fo ete.
"The woman I saw is here."
damo hu me vida pio mamo fo ete.
"The woman whose mother I saw is here."
A parenthetical clause provides extra information about the noun phrase's referent and doesn't limit it. It uses a discourse deictic as pronoun, not a relative one.
damo hu me vida leo mamo fo ete.
"The woman, whose mother I saw, is here."
An indefinite relative clause is a clause limiting only the kind of entity that can be referenced, and often doesn't have a real referent. It must contain a form of indefinite relative pronoun (IRP) and may even replace the noun-phrase.
hu te vida yopi fo
"whomever you see"
When the indefinite relative pronoun is the subject of its clause, the participle construction is used instead:
yopi vida te
"whoever sees you"
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