Example 1-149

Em da wan boen kompee foe mie.
En
3sg
da
cop
wan
indf.sg
bun
good
kompe
friend
fu
of
mi.
1sg
He is a good friend of mine.
Dutch: Hy is een goede kennisse van my [op.cit.]
Comment:
This example shows nominal predication with the copula da. This copula cannot be preceded by a negator, TAM marker or auxiliary; if there is a 3SG pronoun, it is (h)em/en rather than the non-emphatic, dependent subject form a.
Type:
written
Source:
Weygandt 1798: 87