Khangaþyagon Subordinate Clauses

Subordinate clauses and reported speech

Subordinate Clauses

These are introduced by the conjunction ū "such that". For example,

iðuzhang ya rik ū nellodahing yi

iðuzh	a	ng	ya	rik	ū	nello	dah	i	ng	yi
see	1p	pt	1p	man	"such that"	worthy	be	3p	pt	3p

I saw the man who was worthy.

Reported speech etc

This is expressed with a topic-comment structure, the topic being marked with the segunak ku.

tamiting yi mallsheuroshtkur, wiþingar yir zaldep mœza

tamit

i

ng

yi

mall

sheur

osht

ku

r

wiþ

ing

ar

yi

r

zaldep

mœza

"believe unfoundedly"

3p

pt

3p

holy

seclude

pp

about

pl

have

3p

pt

pl

3p

pl

treasure

great

He believed (unfoundedly or insincerely) that the monks had great treasure.

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