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    Relative clauses
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    Relative clauses are introduced by Relative pronouns, as in the example below:

    Example 1

    It famke dat se seagen
    the girl.NG.SG REL.NG.SG they saw
    The girl that they saw

    Relative clauses can be restrictive or non-restrictive. An example of a non-restrictive relative clause is given below:

    Example 2

    Rink, dy't de geit oan it ferstekken wie, krige in fikse boete
    Rink, REL the goat at the relocate was got a heavy fine
    Rink, who was peeing, got a heavy fine

    Relative clauses may be separated from their antecedent. In the example below, the first bracketed element contains the antecedent, and the second bracketed element contains the relative clause:

    Example 3

    Se ha [in man] sjoen [dy't de hûn útliet]
    they have a man seen REL.CG the dog out.let
    They saw a man who took the dog out

    Relative clauses may have a personal pronoun as their antecedent, as in the example below:

    Example 4

    O minske, do dyst de lju dy't soks dogge feroardielest
    O man you who.2SG the people who such.a.thing do condemn.2SG
    O man, you who condemn the people who do such a thing

    Relative clauses may have a dummy antecedent as their antecedent, as in the example below:

    Example 5

    Dit is dejinge dy't myn hert bewennet
    this is the.one who my heart in.lives
    This is the one who lives in my heart
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    More details about the relative clauses can be found by following the corresponding links:

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      ABOUT THIS TOPIC
      Author(s):
      Eric Hoekstra
      Category:
      Frisian Syntax
      Publication date:
      14 May 2020
      Keywords:
      relative pronounrestrictivenon-restrictiveextrapositionpersonal pronoundummy antecedent
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