Editing Relative clause (section)

====Hawaiian Creole English====

In [[Hawaiian Creole English]], an English-based [[creole language|creole]] also called Hawaiian Pidgin or simply Pidgin, relative clauses work in a way that is similar to, but not identical to, the way they work in English.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sakoda |first1=Kent |last2=Siegel |first2=Jeff |title=Pidgin Grammar|publisher=Bess Press |date=2003 |pages=102ff}}</ref> As in English, a relative pronoun that serves as the object of the verb in the relative clause can optionally be omitted: For example,

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|Ai neva si da buk daet Lisa wen bai
|I never see the book that Lisa (past) buy
|I didn't see the book that Lisa bought}}

can also be expressed with the relative pronoun omitted, as

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|Ai neva si da buk Lisa wen bai
|I never see the book Lisa (past) buy
|I didn't see the book Lisa bought}}

However, relative pronouns serving as the subject of a relative clause show more flexibility than in English; they can be included, as is mandatory in English, they can be omitted, or they can be replaced by another pronoun. For example, all of the following can occur and all mean the same thing:

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|Get wan nada grl hu no kaen ste stil
|There's one other girl who no can stay still
|There's another girl who cannot stay still}}

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|Get wan nada grl no kaen ste stil
|There's one other girl no can stay still
|}}

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|Get wan nada grl shi no kaen ste stil
|There's one other girl she no can stay still
|}}