Clause Attribution
So far, we have described nouns in two different ways. First, we learned about adjectives, and how we could describe a tree as tall, old, or green. In another chapter, we covered plurality and possession, which allowed us to relate two nouns to each other. In this chapter, we will unlock a third way of describing a noun, which allows us to relate it to an action!
In this chapter, we will answer these questions:
- What is a clause?
- What is clause attribution?
- How do we describe a noun with a clause?
- What are the F-words?
Before we can learn about clause attribution, we need to understand what a clause is!
1. “What is a clause?”
A clause is a verb and its related nouns. It's a way of packing up parts of a sentence that is useful when discussing grammar. This can get kind of abstract really quickly, so let's get in some examples!
In the first lesson, we had the example sentence oel payoangit yom : I eat fish. This is a clause: it has a verb (yom, eat), as well as some nouns (oe and payoang, I and fish). Without yom, this would not be a clause.
It may appear that a clause and a sentence are the same thing, and oftentimes they are. However, a sentence can contain multiple clauses. Consider "Jake was hiding, but Neytiri found him". Two clauses occupy the same sentence: the hiding clause (involving Jake), and the found clause (involving Neytiri and him).
Consider the sentence "Neytiri found the avatar that was searching for their group." This has two clauses: the one concerning the verb "found" (involving Neytiri and the avatar), and one for "searching" (again involving the avatar, as well as their group).
In the first lesson, we had the example sentence oel payoangit yom : I eat fish. This is a clause: it has a verb (yom, eat), as well as some nouns (oe and payoang, I and fish). Without yom, this would not be a clause.
It may appear that a clause and a sentence are the same thing, and oftentimes they are. However, a sentence can contain multiple clauses. Consider "Jake was hiding, but Neytiri found him". Two clauses occupy the same sentence: the hiding clause (involving Jake), and the found clause (involving Neytiri and him).
Consider the sentence "Neytiri found the avatar that was searching for their group." This has two clauses: the one concerning the verb "found" (involving Neytiri and the avatar), and one for "searching" (again involving the avatar, as well as their group).
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