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The NP that is modified by the relative clause may be in subject position, as in
(44)-(45), or in object position, as in (47) and (48).
(47) serin hi magis demb
marabout REL:DEF isg v:see yesterday
"The marabout (Sufi spiritual leader) whom I saw yesterday'
(48) ligeey hi ma wara yeggale tey
work REL:DEF isg Aux:must v:complete today
'the work that I have to finish today'
3.3. AUGMENTED RELATIVIZER PHRASES
An additional type of relative clause which joins two main clauses, a thorough dis-
cussion of which is beyond the scope of this chapter, involves an augmented rela-
tivizer phrase consisting of a relativizer plus the phrase nga xam ne 'that you know
that'. Second person singular in Wolof functions as an impersonal in discourse
contexts as well as in the augmented relativizer phrase. Examples of main clauses
conjoined by the augmented relativizer phrase are given in (49) and (50). Since
they conjoin two main clauses, there is no distinction between the behaviour of
verbs and adjectives in augmented relativizer phrases.
(49) Gis naa loo (li + nga) xam ne lu doy waar la
v:see isg:PERF REL + isg v:know COMPLR REL v:worth wonder 3sg:opoc
'I saw something strange'
(50) Yegg naa ci sama yaramfeebar hi nga xam
v:feel isg:PERF in isg:poss body illness REL:DEF 2sg know
ne r/appati la tudd
COMPLR chickenpox 3sg:OFOC v:be called
'I feel in my body a disease that is called chickenpox'
3.4. EXTENDED PREDICATES
Although a syntactic distinction can be made between definite relative clauses
containing adjectives and those containing non-adjectival verbs, when adjectival
predicates are extended through syntactic or morphological augmentation the dis-
tinction disappears and adjectives revert to canonical verbal behaviour. Again, it
should be pointed out that there is some variation between Wolof speakers as to
what constitutes an extended predicate and triggers the reversion to verb-like be-
haviour. What follows is a list of extended predicate types, all of which trigger
verb-like behaviour in adjectives in relative clauses for some speakers.
Extended adjective predicates include second arguments, as shown in (51) and
(52).