Jul17 – A Constructed Language

Jul17 Relative Clauses

In Jul17, relative clauses are external, preceding their heads, are terminated by the conjunction ?? (Rel), and contain an occurrence of the relative pronoun hō (RPA) or hā (RPI). The mode suffix on the main verb of the relative clause can be any of the following: Fac, Ctf, Jus, Opt, or Sub.

hōdō cattusenguetoqua tau sumaguenātoc.

hō- dō-0-0 cattu- sengue-0-to-qua tau suma- guen-ā-to-c

RPA- do-Prs-Sec cat- find-Inv-Prf-Ctf Rel man- see-Inv-Prf-Fac

"I saw the man who would've found the cat."

hōdō cattusenguetoqua tau sumaguenātoc.
hō-	dō-0-0	cattu-	sengue-0-to-qua	tau	suma-	guen-ā-to-c
`RPA-`	do`-Prs-Sec`	cat-	find`-Inv-Prf-Ctf`	`Rel`	man-	see`-Inv-Prf-Fac`
"I saw the man who would've found the cat."

Attributive Construction

A simple attributive is normally used instead of a relative clause when all of the following are true:

relative tense can be used
the relativized word is an argument of the main verb or can easily be made one
??

The relative clause

hōdō cattusengueten tau sumaguenātoc.

hō- dō-0-0 cattu- sengue-0-te-n tau suma- guen-ā-to-c

RPA- do-Prs-Sec cat- find-Inv-Prf-Sub Rel man- see-Inv-Prf-Fac

"I saw the man who had found the cat."

hōdō cattusengueten tau sumaguenātoc.
hō-	dō-0-0	cattu-	sengue-0-te-n	tau	suma-	guen-ā-to-c
`RPA-`	do`-Prs-Sec`	cat-	find`-Inv-Prf-Sub`	`Rel`	man-	see`-Inv-Prf-Fac`
"I saw the man who had found the cat."

can be replaced by:

cattusenguetō sumaguenātoc.

cattu- sengue-0-to-w suma- guen-ā-to-c

cat- find-Inv-Prf-Att man- see-Inv-Prf-Fac

"I saw the man who had found the cat."

cattusenguetō sumaguenātoc.
cattu-	sengue-0-to-w	suma-	guen-ā-to-c
cat-	find`-Inv-Prf-Att`	man-	see`-Inv-Prf-Fac`
"I saw the man who had found the cat."

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