KUTOKOPO


Compound Sentences


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Sample Text


oEma: bay i dani e giso teso e sote.
oDani: pin e kwesote giso.
oEma: may a bay i gabi teso a bay i soy boti e san giso.
oDani: gwi!
oEma: bemyu, a bay i boti e kwedoy lina.
oDani: bay i dyu tewi e pin.

Vocabulary:


Relative Clauses


"teso" creates a relative clause like the English words "who", "that", and "which". It can either take an object to expand on its details by turning it into a subject (e.g. "giso teso e sote" = "soup that is hot") or take a verb to expand on the details of its complement (e.g. "bay i gabi teso a bay i soy boti e san" = "I think that I don't want that").