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Relative clauses follow the noun that they modify. The verb takes different affixes in a relative clause than in a matrix clause. Examples from the present/recent tense:
Verb root = ga’ ‘see’
okoor oxe ga’uuma
‘The man that I saw’
okoor oxe ga’oona
‘The man that you (sg.) saw’
okoor oxe te ga’na
‘The man that he saw’
okoor oxe i nga’na
‘The man that we saw’
okoor oxe nu nga’na
‘The man they you (pl.) saw’
okoor oxe de nga’na
‘The man that they saw’
Where the modified NP is the subject of the relative clause:
okoor oxe ga'axama
'The man that saw me'
For negatives, see Negative paradigms.
