Re: Creative ways to form relative clauses?

Am Sabato 20 Decembro 2008 schrieb Daniel Bowman:
> How do your conlangs handle this type of construction?  Any creative (read:
> non English and romance language) ways to handle this?
Rejistanian puts the linking term on the end of the relative clause, also the
word order does not change. However this would even get rid of the link in
normal speech since it derives from context:

I hate the man. He hit me yesterday.
Xe'ixuv me'he. Mi'la'kaji'han xe sijon.

I hate the man who hit me yesterday.
Xe'ixuv me'he, mi'la'kaji'han xe sijon.

And if it does not disappear:
I hate the man because he hit me yesterday.
Xe'ixuv me'he, mi'la'kaji'han xe sijon lijas.

Not really refined but what do you expect from a project started when still
young and innocent.

Lajik has despite the very different grammar a shamefully English-like
approach.

This lists a few ideas though: http://wals.info/feature/description/122

Va'il veka!


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