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==== Usage notes ==== | ==== Usage notes ==== | ||
{{rad-depersonal|particle}} | {{rad-depersonal|particle}} | ||
* As a focalising particle, it may not always be interpreted as emphatic. It is common, for example, to use it after any fronted elements or clauses. | |||
* As a relativising particle, the relativised element must be a definite pro-form. In colloquial usage, the pro-form can be omitted if it is the subject or direct object of the relative clause. | * As a relativising particle, the relativised element must be a definite pro-form. In colloquial usage, the pro-form can be omitted if it is the subject or direct object of the relative clause. | ||
*: {{ex|rad|u lyejþs, *vâst* gjei vare.|the person *that* I saw}} | *: {{ex|rad|u lyejþs, *vâst* gjei vare.|the person *that* I saw}} | ||