Midekh: a bit on relative clauses

diff --git a/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot b/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot
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--- a/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot
+++ b/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot
@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ The cases present in the language were:
 * Prepositional: used for the complement of most prepositions, although
   some prepositions require or allow other cases.
 
 * Prepositional: used for the complement of most prepositions, although
   some prepositions require or allow other cases.
 

+### Pronouns
+
+TKTK personal pronouns
+
+TKTK demonstratives?
+
+TKTK relative pronouns
+
+The interrogative pronouns derive from nouns of the root L-T-M
+("question"). TKTK
+

 ### Verbs
 
 Verbs are inflected for tense, aspect, mood, person, and number.
 ### Verbs
 
 Verbs are inflected for tense, aspect, mood, person, and number.


@@ -510,7 +521,7 @@ As a summary of word order concerns:
   they can be correlated with the right noun due to agreement.
   Demonstratives must immediately precede and numerals must immediately
   follow the noun when present.
   they can be correlated with the right noun due to agreement.
   Demonstratives must immediately precede and numerals must immediately
   follow the noun when present.

-* Relative clauses follow the noun.
+* Relative clauses follow the noun, after any adjectives or numerals

 * Prepositions
 * Typically subject-verb-object, but it may vary.
 * The question particle begins the sentence
 * Prepositions
 * Typically subject-verb-object, but it may vary.
 * The question particle begins the sentence


@@ -557,6 +568,17 @@ predictable in form.
 The conjunctions of Midêkʰ include:
 
 * koko/-kokŋ: and, also
 The conjunctions of Midêkʰ include:
 
 * koko/-kokŋ: and, also

+* ropo, which lacks a clitic form and introduces a relative clause.
+
+### Relative clauses
+
+Relative clauses follow a noun phrase and are introduced by the
+relativizing conjunction "ropo".
+The relative clause is structured much as any other sentence, but must
+include a third-person personal pronoun of the same gender and number
+as the modified noun.
+This third-person pronoun is marked for case to indicate what role
+the modified noun plays in the relative clause.

 
 ## Semantics and Pragmatics
 
 
 ## Semantics and Pragmatics
 


@@ -1132,6 +1154,7 @@ a slash, but collated according the present stem.
   home, resident; existing
 * róŋpon (r-ŋ-p): adj. going
 * róŋsip (r-ŋ-p): adj. arranging to meet, meeting intentionally
   home, resident; existing
 * róŋpon (r-ŋ-p): adj. going
 * róŋsip (r-ŋ-p): adj. arranging to meet, meeting intentionally

+* ropo: conj. introduces a relative clause

 * sélhi/selíh (s-l-h): vi. to fly
 * sélhit/tesélih (s-l-h): v4. to overfly (the place or thing flown over
   takes the dative case); (rarely) to fly high or ascend
 * sélhi/selíh (s-l-h): vi. to fly
 * sélhit/tesélih (s-l-h): v4. to overfly (the place or thing flown over
   takes the dative case); (rarely) to fly high or ascend