Organizing the message
Subordinate clauses
Subordinate clause
Which part of the sentence depends on another part?
complement clause
relative clause
subordinate clause
conjunction
relative pronoun
clause
main clause
Betydning
One part of a sentence can depend on another to say what someone knows, which thing is meant, or why something happens. This lets us build several linked ideas into one sentence. Languages can mark this link with joining words, special verb forms, or word order, and some do not use a separate joining word. Unlike Addition, the parts do not have equal jobs: one supports or completes the other.
Slik kjenner du det igjen
Look for a smaller message that completes or adds information to another part of the sentence rather than standing as an equal statement.