Relative clauses

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• Relative clauses subordinate clauses typically introduced by the relative word which (or who etc.) and qualify a noun (antecedent). In MEg two specialized verb forms were used for this purpose:

• participles used when the noun qualified is the subject of a relative clause

• relative forms 

• The participle follows the qualifies noun and agrees with its gender and number

• can be past or present

• rule of thumb:  long forms with doubling and gemination are present whereas short are past 

• participles are subjectless verbs which have the meaning (one) who does/did something or, in the passive who is/was done

• Participle (binary/octet-stream)

• participles divided into four meaning categories acccording to their time-referenceas present and past as well as according to their voice as active or passive

• A participle can only express who hears/heard  (active) or who is/was heard (passive) everything else is a relative form