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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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14 Complex clauses<br />

(6) mån<br />

mån<br />

jáhkav<br />

jáhka-v<br />

stuor tjuovtja<br />

stuor tjuovtj-a<br />

lä<br />

lä<br />

danne<br />

danne<br />

1sg.nom believe-1sg.prs big whitefish-nom.pl be\3pl.prs there<br />

‘I believe there are big whitefish there.’ [pit090702.123]<br />

(7) men mån<br />

men mån<br />

but<br />

tieltajn<br />

tielta-jn<br />

tuhtjiv<br />

tuhtji-v<br />

1sg.nom think-1sg.prs<br />

dat<br />

lij<br />

d-a-t<br />

lij<br />

dem-dist-nom.sg be\3sg.pst<br />

viessot<br />

viesso-t<br />

tent-iness.pl live-inf<br />

‘But I think it was so nice to stay in tents.’<br />

nav<br />

nav<br />

so<br />

suohtas<br />

suohtas<br />

nice<br />

[pit080924.644]<br />

(8) men hålåv,<br />

men hålå-v<br />

but<br />

vuhtjijmä mija<br />

vuhtji-jmä mija<br />

say-1sg.prs shoot-1pl.pst 1pl.nom<br />

‘But then I say we shot a moose.’<br />

sárvav<br />

sárva-v<br />

moose-acc.sg<br />

[pit090702.404]<br />

Constituent interrogative clauses can also be juxtaposed complement clauses.<br />

As with any such interrogative clause, an interrogative pronoun or other question<br />

word occurs as the initial element <strong>of</strong> the complement clause. This strategy<br />

typically coincides with complements <strong>of</strong> epistemic verbs such as diehtet ‘know’<br />

or skenit ‘understand’. Some examples are provided in (9) through (11).<br />

(9) mån<br />

mån<br />

iv<br />

i-v<br />

1sg.nom neg-1sg.prs<br />

diede<br />

diede<br />

gåsse gillgin<br />

gåsse gillgi-n<br />

gávnadit<br />

gávnadi-t<br />

know\conneg when will-1du.prs meet-inf<br />

maŋep bále<br />

maŋe-p bále<br />

after-comp time\gen.sg<br />

‘I don’t know when we’ll meet next time.’ [pit081011.183]<br />

(10) mån<br />

mån<br />

iv<br />

i-v<br />

skene<br />

skene<br />

mav<br />

ma-v<br />

dån<br />

dån<br />

neg-1sg.prs understand\conneg what-acc.sg 2sg.nom<br />

1sg.nom<br />

hålå<br />

hålå<br />

say\2sg.prs<br />

‘I don’t understand what you’re saying.’ [pit080926.05m14s]e<br />

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