GLOTOIDA

Defining Relative Clause (hai, hai peri, hai peri sin)

In general, you can make a relative clause by adding hai 'that, which is/does...' after the noun that is directly involved in the situation.

L'ai
3SG-∈
gina
woman
hai
ʀᴇʟ
poietosa
create
ana
into
biblia
book
he The Dispossessed.
The Dispossessed
'She is the woman who wrote a book called The Dispossessed.'

Los'ai
3PL-∈
magirose
cook-ᴄᴏɴs
iktia
fish
hai
ʀᴇʟ
harpita
captured thing
von
ᴀɢᴛ
tauta
the same
losa
3PL
'They cooked the fish that they had caught.'

We use hai peri 'which surrounds' for the location and hai peri sin 'which surrounds the duration' for the time of the event described by the subordinate clause.

Me'ai
1SG-∈
nautosa
drive
pros
to
agora
market
hai peri
ʀᴇʟ-ʟᴏᴄ
meo
my
patr'ai
father-∈
opsonosa
buy.
'I'm going to the market where my father is shopping.'

Hodi'ai
today-∈
hemera
day
hai peri sin
ʀᴇʟ-ᴛᴇᴍ
meo
my
patr'ai
father-∈
opsonosa
buy
ende
inside
agora
market
'Today is the day when my father goes shopping at the market.'

Alias/Synonyms & Non-defining Relative Clauses (aka & aka hai)

We use aka hai to make non-defining relative clauses. This is an additional information that does not further specify the identity of the referred object, but merely gives a description about its general category.

Me'ai
1SG-∈
filose
like-ᴄᴏɴs
felina
cat
aka
i.e.
hai
ʀᴇʟ
mamalia
mammal.
'I like cats, which are a type of mammals.'

We can just say aka if the relative clause is an alias, a synonym, or a comparable equivalent to the head noun phrase.

S'ai
this-∈
nosokomia
hospital
aka
i.e.
oeka
house
hai peri
ʀᴇʟ-ʟᴏᴄ
multa
many
patos'ai
sick-people-∈
ontos'
exist.
'This is a hospital, which is a building where there's a lot of sick people.'
Omo
raw
bromata
food
aka
i.e.
non
not
magirit'ai
cooked-∈
riposa
dirty.
'Raw food, i.e. things that are not cooked, are dirty.'

Names and Foreign Words (he & al)

We use he to mark the names of persons and specific objects. We can think of it like honorifics, like 'mr' or 'ms'. We use al to mark foreign words and foreign object types or categories.

Los'ai
3PL-∈
nektos'
dive
ende
in
talasa
sea
he
ʜᴏɴ
Pasifika
Pacific
'They went diving in the Pacific ocean.'
He
ʜᴏɴ
Gino D'Acampo
(person's name)
ai
magirose
cook-
al-
ʜᴏɴ
Limoncetti
(Italian food term)
'Mr. Gino D'Acampo is making some limoncetti.'