From: Surinna Curtis-Quintana Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 01:50:23 +0000 (-0300) Subject: Midekh: a bit on relative clauses X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Wiki/commitdiff_plain/5f12c82db8b493de90b028467f90b18a513d1ce8 Midekh: a bit on relative clauses --- diff --git a/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot b/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot index 3a8c536..f92bf48 100644 --- 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. +### 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. @@ -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. -* 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 @@ -557,6 +568,17 @@ predictable in form. 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 @@ -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 +* 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