Seuna relative clauses

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The relative clause marker is ta. This corresponds to "that" or "who" in English.

SVO ....... or VSO when the S is indefinite.

The dog that bit the man. => dog TA bit man"S". The man whom the dog bit. => man TAS dog bit. The man whom a dog bit. => man TAS bit dog.

The endtag u corresponds to English "by".

The hand that I hit with => hand ta'u I hit

The endtag yo corresponds to English "to" or "upto". It is used exactly as in English to indicate the receiver of a gift.

The family that we gave the dog to => family tayo we gave the dog

The endtag fi corresponds to English "at".

The hurdle at which I fell => hurdle taf I fell.

The endtag ge corresponds to English "'s" or "of".

The man whose dog I killed => man tage dog I killed

The endtag le corresponds to English "from".

The place that we come from => place tale we come

The endtag wa corresponds to English "towards". Also to English "about" as in "I think about you".

The person who we are all thinking about => person tawa we are all thinking.

The endtag ho corresponds to English "with".

The woman that you went to market with => woman taho you went to market