15 RELATIVE AND NOUN-MODIFYING CLAUSES

15.1 RESTRICTIVE AND NON-RESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSES

攞咗諾貝爾和平美國總統奧巴馬
Ló-jóLohkbuiyíhwòhpìhngjéunggeMéigwokjúngtúngOubāmáh
receive-PFVNobelpeaceprizeLPAmericapresidentObama
‘US President Obama, who received the Nobel Peace Prize’

15.2 RELATIVE CLAUSES WITH ge

原告提供證據
yùhn-goutàihgūnggejinggeui
plaintiffPRTprovideLPevidence
‘the evidence provided by the plaintiff’

15.3  RELATIVE CLAUSES WITH CLASSIFIER

我哋法國好食
NgóhdeihháiFaatgwoksihkyéhgéihóu-sihkga
weinFranceeatCLstuffquitegood-eatSFP
‘The food we ate in France was pretty good.’

15.4 RESUMPTIVE PRONOUNS

教過女人
Ngóhgaau-gwokéuihgojáigoléuihyánhóuhóuyàhnge
Iteach-EXPherCLsonthatCLwomanverynicepersonSFP
‘The woman whose son I taught was nice.’

15.5  ATTRIBUTIVE CLAUSES

返學呀?
Léihfāan-hokdeuihàaihháibīna?
you return-schoolthatpairshoeatwhereSFP
‘Where are the shoes which you wear to go to school?’

15.6 FREE RELATIVE CLAUSES

Léihséungbéigéijauhbéigéi
youwantpayhowmuchthenpayhowmuch
‘You pay however much you want.’