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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 27, 2020, at 11:24 AM, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" class="">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/27/2020 9:42 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">ngeb maHvaD vIqraq Danobpu'bogh
the artifact which you gave for us is fake
lugh'a' mu'tlheghvam ?</pre>
</blockquote><p class="">HIja'.</p><p class="">Dependent clauses have the same grammar as basic sentences. <b class="">maHvaD
vIqraq Danobpu'bogh</b><i class=""> the artifact which you gave us</i> is
a valid relative clause, and as with all relative clauses, it may
be treated as if it were a noun phrase.<br class="">
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