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- If he lives long enough, Samuel will visit all the countries in the world.
- subordinate clause (adverbial clause of condition)
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subordinate clause (plural subordinate clauses)
- (grammar) A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but functions as either a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence.
- Synonym: dependent clause
- Coordinate terms: main clause, relative clause
a clause that cannot stand alone
- Breton: islavarenn (br) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 從屬小句／从属小句 (cóngshǔ xiǎojù), 從句／从句 (zh) (cóngjù)
- Czech: vedlejší věta
- Danish: ledsætning c, bisætning c
- Dutch: bijzin (nl) m
- Finnish: sivulause (fi)
- French: proposition subordonnée (fr) f, subordonnée (fr) f
- Ga: wiemɔ fafai
- Georgian: დამოკიდებული წინადადება (damoḳidebuli c̣inadadeba)
- German: Nebensatz (de) m
- Greek: δευτερεύουσα πρόταση f (defterévousa prótasi)
- Hungarian: mellékmondat (hu)
- Icelandic: aukasetning f
- Irish: fochlásal m
- Italian: proposizione subordinata f
- Japanese: 従属節 (ja) (じゅうぞくせつ, jūzokusetsu), 付属節 (ふぞくせつ, fuzokusetsu)
- Korean: 종속절(從屬節) (ko) (jongsokjeol)
- Latin: (please verify) sententia subordinata f
- Latvian: palīgteikums (lv) m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: leddsetning m or f, bisetning m or f
- Nynorsk: leddsetning f, ledsetning f
- Polish: zdanie podrzędne (pl) n
- Portuguese: oração subordinada f
- Romanian: propoziție subordonată (ro) f
- Russian: прида́точное предложе́ние n (pridátočnoje predložénije)
- Scottish Gaelic: fo-chlàs m
- Serbo-Croatian: zavisna rečenica f
- Spanish: proposición subordinada f
- Swedish: bisats (sv) c
- Thai: อนุประโยค (th) (à-nú-bprà-yòok), ประโยคย่อย (th) (bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i)
- Turkish: yan cümle (tr), yan tümce (tr)
- Welsh: isgymal m
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