Obs. In English, the subordinate clause is introduced often by the final that, as the previous examples are by the explanatory that.
393. The final that or to is often expressed by the auxiliary verbs 要 yau‘, and 呌 kau‘.
- 橫勸豎勸呌伊學好 wáng k’iön‘ ’zû k’iön‘ kau‘ í hoh ’hau, use all kinds of exhortations to make him improve.
- 關窵拉籠裏要伊呌個 kwan ’tiau ’lá ’lóng ’lí yau‘ í kiau kú‘, shut birds in cages that they may sing.
Obs. In examples such as those of the present, and the previous article, the clauses may be inverted. 要捉魚咾出去登拉更舍裏 yau‘ tsoh ng lau t’seh k’í‘ tung ’lá káng só‘ lí, in order to catch fish, he goes out to stay in the watch-hut. 咾 lau must be appended to the clause expressing the object of the action.
394. The final that being often omitted, or expressed by verbs, the way is open to form one sentence out of the two component clauses, so as to improve the general rhythmical effect. This is done in such common sentences as the following.
- 送勒儂看 sóng‘ ’lá nóng k’ön‘, I present it to you to look at.
- 講勒㑚聽 ’kóng ’lá ná‘ t’ing, I speak that you may hear.
- 話撥㑚聽 wó‘ peh ná‘ t’ing, ib.
- 撥飯伊吃 peh van‘ í k’iuh, give him rice to eat.
- 斟酌起來看 tsun tsáh ’k’í lé k’ön‘, deliberate upon it and see.
Obs. These examples differ from those of those of the next article, only in being obviously pronounced as one sentence.
395. The clause expressing the object of the verb is often a single verb repeated or not. (In Latin, often the supine).
- 捨點物事拉我吃吃 só‘ ’tíen meh zz‘ ’lá ’ngú k’iuh k’iuh, give me something to eat.
- 要到店裏去買 yau‘ tau‘ tíen‘ ’lí k’í‘ ’má, go to the shop and buy it.
396. The clause containing the action frequently consists of a substantive, or substantive group, with any of the auxiliary verbs of causing, or instrumentality, and the verb of motion 來, or 去 concluding the clause.