Subordinate Clauses

English	Part of speech	IPA	Lugso	Comment
body	N	ɣvifn	gvifn
imaginary	ADJ compound*	fxʌʒn	fxo3n	imagine-ADJ.DER
follower	N	ɸʌɮ	pol
grant	VB	fun	fun	allow, permit, accept
hidden	ADJ	xuθ	xut
organization_human	N	uβi	ubi	e.g. government, family(!)
organization_natural	N	ɣʌɻn	gorn
organize	VB compound*	ifʒi	if3i	order-VB.DER
lead	VB	βɣʌx	bgox
sapient	ADJ	ɣuʃ	gu5
SUB.concession	SUB VB suffix	ɣɮin	glin	despite X
SUB.conditional	SUB VB suffix	nʌθ	not	if X
SUB.cotemporal	SUB VB suffix	ɻij	riy	at the same time as X
SUB.location	SUB VB suffix	ɣsuʃθ	gsu5t	where X
SUB.purpose	SUB VB suffix	uʒɣ	u3g	because X
SUB.reason	SUB VB suffix	ɻiɣ	rig	in order that X

A subordinate clause joins two complete sentences. The sub-clause marker attaches to the verb of the second sentence, which in all cases will be its first word.

Normal sub-clauses

rils no roxrig no

seek 1SG find-SUB.reason 1SG

I seek + SUB.reason + I find = I seek in order that I find.

hit no gu5hu3g un

strike 1SG surrender-SUB.purpose 3SG

I strike because he surrenders.

sog ubidug hun vo zunxrig rvod 5ifso hunzi vo

depart organization_human-PL-ABL mortal 1PL.EX unite-SUB.reason web time-GEN mortal-NEG 1PL.EX

We depart from our mortal families in order to cleave to an undying lineage.

With copula in the second sentence

The sub-clause marker appears bare, as with verb moods.

yurgup gvifnlul gu5zi bgoxzobzonif’fo ubifuso upglin fxo3n xutzi pold ungu

give-PRET body-BEN sapient-NEG lead-NMLZ.DER.agent-NMLZ.DER.act-INS organization_human-earth-GEN PRET-SUB.concession false hidden-NEG follower-PL 3SG-POSS

The unthinking body was given leadership of the organization + SUB.concession + his followers were plainly false =

The meat-puppet was given leadership of the nation, even though his support was obviously fabricated.