Re: Creative ways to form relative clauses?

> Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> wrote:
>
> English has been allowing, it seems increasingly, the use of long
> gerund phrases as adjectival phrases (e.g., "It's a sitting on the
> porch sipping tea kind of day"). Taking that one step further,
> analogous constructions would be "That's the hitting me in the leg
> man." for "That's the man who hit me in the leg."
Senjecas uses absolute constructions for relative clauses of time.

When the absolute construction describes a non-motion event, the
construction is in the genitive case.

nusyo mhaltusyo per esantusyo, mhuesë susvagtes per esa.
 he    prince   PAST   being,    we     happy   PAST is
When he was prince, we were happy.

num  edantum, senlhuesë senla.
they  eating,  singers  sing
While they are eating, the chorus is singing.

When the absolute construction describes an event involving motion,
the construction is in the accusative case.

nertom veerom   tëtarantom,     enrues  per vuga.
 army  bridge  having-crossed, citizens PAST flee
After the army had crossed the bridge, the citizens fled.

nertom veerom neemhjhantom, enrues  per vuga.
 army  bridge   nearing,   citizens PAST flee
Before the army neared the bridge, the citizens fled.

Charlie