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| Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause. Commonly, ''that, who, which, whose'' and ''whom'' introduce relative clauses:
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| * ''The man '''who''' was here yesterday is my father''.
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| * ''She has a dog '''that''' barks loudly.''
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| * ''The house '''which''' we lived in was demolished''.
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| * ''That person, '''whom''' I know very well, is not to be trusted.''
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| * ''I don't know '''whose''' car this is''.
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| With the exeption of ''whose'' [[Dal'qörian Cases|see Cases]], relative clauses in Dalcurian are introduced with '''taÞ''', which equates to ''who, that, which'' or ''whom'' directly. The basic rule is: if you can replace a relative pronoun with ''that'' (as you can in the 1st 4 examples above), then '''taÞ''' is used:
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| * '''Di sáj, ''taÞ'' ädiáda gä’Þalár dérÞ, di parenöj qve binöra.''' ''The man '''who''' was here yesterday is my father''.
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| * '''Sia ábra ni gadöraj, ''taÞ'' qurehendøni vafr.''' ''She has a dog '''that''' barks loudly''.
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| * '''Minäla gä'escanostr di abödä, ''taÞ'' ména gä'habitr.''' ''The house '''which''' we lived in was demolished''.
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| With ''whom'', if the pronoun refers to the object of the main clause, '''taÞ''' can be used:
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| * '''TaÞ nörasáb, taÞ binä éagöras qenár, stæcenámeni.''' ''That person, '''whom''' I know very well, is not to be trusted.''
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| If the object is an indirect object, then add '''te''' to '''taÞ''':
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| * '''Di sáj, tetaÞ binä gä'andöcr ni lalégraj, di qömpal qve binöra.''' ''The man whom I gave a book is my friend.''
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| '''Punctuation note''': Ordinarily, '''taÞ''' when introducing a subordinate clause is preceeded by a double comma; only a single comma precedes when introducing a relative clause. A good tip here is to see if '''taÞ''' can be replaced by any of the other relative pronouns and still make sense, if not then use a double comma.
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| '''NOTE''': The relative pronoun is NEVER omitted in Dalcurian, as it can be in English:
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| * ''The man who was here yesterday... The man here yesterday...''
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