Syntax

Relative Clause (present and past)

kYn\eta\qitE. ekjac\;qa;     the student who I know

Sram Pt\tE. saAup\   the book which the teacher reads

Relative Clause (future)

kYn\eta\etQ>mE. ekjac\;qa;     the student who I will meet with

Sram Pt\mE. saAup\   the book which the teacher will read

Abridged Relative Clasue (present and past)

kYn\eta\sa;ta    the thing that I eat

qU e`pata   the thing that he said

Note:  sa;ta   and  e`pata are derived from the relative clauses of  sa;tE.ha  

"the thing that (someone) eats" and e`pata  "the thing that (someone) speaks about." 

These new forms are treated as a noun phrase in sentences as below.

kYn\eta\ sa;ta Tmc\;pf"     The thing that I eat is rice.

qU e`pata kYn\eta\ na;mlv\pfBU;"   I do not understand what he said.

Sometimes these phrases will be at the end of the sentences followed by  pf . 

In this case,  tapf is equivalent with  pfty\.  See the examples here:

qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\sa;tapf"    qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\ sa;pfty\"     I eat his rice.

dIsaAup\ SramPt\tapf"      dIsaAup\ Sram Pt\pfty\"   The teacher reads this book.

Sometimes these phrases will be followed by mhut\pfBU;  at the end for the negative statements. 

In this case, "verb tamhut\pfBU;" is equivalent with " m verb pfBU; ."   See the examples here:

qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\sa;ta mhut\pfBU;"    qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\ msa;pfBU;"     I do not eat his rice.

dIsaAup\ Sram Pt\ta mhut\pfBU;"    dIsaAup\ Sram mPt\pfBU;"   The teacher does not read this book.

Abridged Relative Clasue (future)

kYn\eta\sa;mHa    the thing that I will eat

qU e`pamHa   the thing that he will say

Note:    sa;mHa  and  e`pamHa are derived from the relative clauses of  sa;mE.ha  

"the thing that (someone) will eat" and  e`pamE.ha "the thing that (someone) will speak about." 

These new forms are treated as a noun phrase in senteces as below.

kYn\eta\ sa;mHa Tmc\;pf"     The thing that I will eat is rice.

qU lamHa kYn\eta\ mqipfBU;"   I do not know that he will come.

Sometimes these phrases will be at the end of the sentences followed by pf . 

In this case,  verb mHapf is equivalent with verb pfmy\ .  See the examples here:

qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\sa;mHapf"    qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\ sa;pfmy\"     I will eat his rice.

dIsaAup\ SramPt\mHapf"      dIsaAup\ Sram Pt\pfmy\"   The teacher will read this book.

Sometimes these phrases will be followed by  mhut\pfBU; at the end for the negative statements. 

In this case, "verb mHamhut\pfBU;" is equivalent with " m verb pfBU; ." See the examples here:

qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\sa;mHa mhut\pfBU;"    qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\ msa;pfBU;"     I will not eat his rice.

dIsaAup\ Sram Pt\mHa mhut\pfBU;"    dIsaAup\ Sram mPt\pfBU;"   The teacher will not read this book.

Notice that qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\sa;mHa mhut\pfBU;"  is more specific tensewise than the sentence

qU>Tmc\; kYn\eta\ msa;pfBU;"  which is used for any tense, past, present or future.