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Row 6: The Margins

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Clauses inside clauses

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Everything that describes a noun comes before it, even a whole clause, and te ties it on.

ne ka ki te rin

I done see of door

the door I saw

Read it in two parts: [ne ka ki] te rin, the I-have-seen door. The clause comes first; te links it to the noun; the noun comes last.

nunu te o

child of ring

a child’s ring

Try it

  1. What does ne ka ki te rin mean?
  2. Write minu te sorin, a stranger’s book.
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  3. Write a short line of your own with te in it. Nobody marks this: it is practice.

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