27 Relative clauses
- A relative clause is a clause (or sentence) that modifies a noun. You can turn a sentence into a relative clause by adding -at to the verb stem and by removing any subject or object markers.
- Mv honvnwvt yi alikes.
- ‘That man is sitting there.’
- →
- mv honvnwv_ yi alikat
- ‘that man who is sitting there’
- Mv hoktē nakcokvn oh-onayes.
- ‘The woman is reading a book.’
- →
- mv hoktē nakcokvn oh-onayat.
- ‘the woman who is reading a book’
- You can use the whole expression in a sentence.
- Mv honvnwv yi alikat estimvt owa?
- ‘Who is that man sitting there?’
- Mv hoktē nakcokv oh-onayat vnhesset os.
- ‘That woman who is reading the book is my friend.’
