Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Predicative adjectives

As a result of the loose time-stability of their semantics, predicate adjectives admit both the individual-level copula (with the forms ɛ and ɛr, non-Past and Past respectively) and the stage-level copula (with the forms te and tiŋ, non-Past and Past respectively).

Values

Invariant copula

Example 39-137:
Elz ɛ bẽy vɛy.
Elz
3pl
ɛ
cop.npst
bẽy
very
vɛy.
old
They are very old.

Source: Cardoso 2004-2008

Example 39-138:
Yo te bõ.
Yo
1sg
te
cop.npst
bõ.
good
I am fine.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 156

Confidence:
Certain