Editing Khmer language (section)

====Clause syntax====
Complex sentences are formed in Khmer by the addition of one or more [[clause]]s to the main clause. The various types of clauses in Khmer include the [[coordinate clause]], the [[relative clause]] and the [[subordinate clause]]. Word order in clauses is the same for that of the basic sentences described above.<ref name=Haiman /> Coordinate clauses do not necessarily have to be marked; they can simply follow one another. When explicitly marked, they are joined by words similar to English conjunctions such as {{IPA|/nɨŋ/}} ("and") and {{IPA|/haəj/}} ("and then") or by clause-final conjunction-like adverbs {{IPA|/dae/}} and {{IPA|/pʰɑːŋ/}}, both of which can mean "also" or "and also"; disjunction is indicated by {{IPA|/rɨː/}} ("or").<ref name=Haiman />{{rp|217–218}}<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mori|first1=K.|editor1-last=Soichi|editor1-first=I.|title=Khmer final particles ''phɔɔŋ'' & ''dae''|journal=SEALS XIII Papers from the 13th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 2003|date=2007|pages=139–149–6|url=http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/mori2007khmer.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/mori2007khmer.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=6 February 2016|publisher=Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University|location=Canberra, ACT}}</ref>

Relative clauses can be introduced by {{IPA|/dael/}} ("that") but, similar to coordinate clauses, often simply follow the main clause. For example, both phrases below can mean "the hospital bed that has wheels".<ref name=Haiman />{{rp|313}}

<blockquote>
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{{interlinear|/krɛː pɛːt miən kɑŋ ruɲ/| bed hospital have wheel {to push}| "the hospital bed that has wheels"}}
{{Col-2}}
{{interlinear|/krɛː pɛːt dael miən kɑŋ ruɲ/|bed hospital REL have wheel {to push}|"the hospital bed that has wheels"}}
{{Col-end}}
</blockquote>

Relative clauses are more likely to be introduced with {{IPA|/dael/}} if they do not immediately follow the head noun.<ref name=Haiman />{{rp|314}} Khmer subordinate conjunctions always precede a subordinate clause.<ref name=Haiman />{{rp|366}} Subordinate conjunctions include words such as {{IPA|/prŭəh/}} ("because"), {{IPA|/hak bəj/}} ("seems as if") and {{IPA|/daəmbəj/}} ("in order to").<ref name=ModSpok />{{rp|251}}<ref name=Haiman />