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37. a) Ureueng (nyang) peugbt mbn le peng.
Person who make well much money
'Persons who dig wells (well diggers) make a
lot of money.'
b) [Ureueng (*nyang) peugbt mbn] kamoe le peng.
Person who make well weexc much money
'Our persons who dig wells (well diggers) make
a lot of money.'
(37b) is not an unacceptable sentence, nvang can be
used, but the meaning of the sentence is different. It means
'The person who digs our well makes a lot of money.' as in
(37c) below. If we want the meaning as in (37b), nyang must
be omitted.
37. c) Ureueng (nyang) peugbt mon kamoe le peng.
Person who make well weexc much money
'The persons who dig our well make a lot of
money.'
Even without nvang. (37b) is still ambiguous. It can
also have the meaning of (37c). But usually the context
gives the intended meaning. If the context is absent, (37b)
i
is avoided. It needs to be expressed in a different way,
such as (37d). Note that nyang must be used here because the
relative clause modifies a head NP which is modified by a
posessor. This is discussed in 6.1.2.2 below.