Adverbial Clauses

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Adverbial clauses are a type of adjunct clause (see also Relative Clauses). The currently attested adverbial clauses in Sereer are mostly temporal, specifying when the event described by the main clause occurred with reference to a second event. In some cases, adverbial clauses have verbal morphology not seen in main clauses.

Temporal Adverbial Clauses

Temporal adverbial clauses, also called temporal clause-linking constructions, are formed by two clauses that are connected with a temporal adverb. The currently attested types of temporal adverbial clauses are listed in the Table below. Examples of each are given in .....

Vmw 08:58, 12 December 2012 (UTC) (will be filling this in on Wednesday morning)