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Some adjectives selecting a complement Noun Phrase (NP) may also select a clause instead of an NP. An example is given below:

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Ik bin it sêd datsto hieltyd fan alles keapest
I am it fed.up that.2SG continually of everything buy2.SG
I am fed up with you continually buying all those things
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Genitival adjectives may also select a clause instead of an NP. The anticipatory pronoun it is obligatory in that case:

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a. Ik bin it sêd datsto hieltyd fan alles keapest
I am it fed.up that.2SG continually of everything buy2.SG
I am fed up with you continually buying all those things
b. *Ik bin sêd datsto hieltyd fan alles keapest
I am fed.up that.2SG continually of everything buy
I am fed up with you continually buying all those things

If the clause is preposed, then the pronoun must be absent:

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a. [Datsto hieltyd fan alles keapest] (dat) bin ik sêd
that.2SG continually of everything buy.2SG that am I fed.up
You continually buying all those things, that is what I am fed up with
b. *[Datsto hieltyd fan alles keapest] bin ik it sêd
that.2SG continually of everything buy.2SG am I it fed.up
You continually buying all those things, that is what I am fed up with

The preposed clause may be doubled by the topic pronoun dat that.

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