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Clause Reform: Difference between revisions

I meant nouns
(Use hoı)
(I meant nouns)
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{{Example|*Ké jea|The buyer (buyer of what?)}}{{Example|Ké jea lô chao|The buyer of the vehicle}}{{Example|*Tú poq buı|Everybody outside (outside what?)}}{{Example|Tú poq nı̣buı|Everybody outside this place}}
{{Example|*Ké jea|The buyer (buyer of what?)}}{{Example|Ké jea lô chao|The buyer of the vehicle}}{{Example|*Tú poq buı|Everybody outside (outside what?)}}{{Example|Tú poq nı̣buı|Everybody outside this place}}


Determiner complements and adjectives also must not end with a verb that forms serials.
Nouns and adjectives also must not end with a verb that forms serials.
{{Example|*Ké kuqnu|The alleged (not: "the allegation")}}{{Example|Ké kuqnu juna|The alleged fact}}
{{Example|*Ké kuqnu|The alleged (not: "the allegation")}}{{Example|Ké kuqnu juna|The alleged fact}}
When determiners bind variables, the variable name is the full serial verb of the determiner's complement, excluding any adjectives. So {{T|sá kuqnu toaqpoq lıq}} would bind the variable {{T|kúqnu toaqpoq}}.
When determiners bind variables, the variable name is the full serial verb of the determiner's complement, excluding any adjectives. So {{T|sá kuqnu toaqpoq lıq}} would bind the variable {{T|kúqnu toaqpoq}}.