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Example 61-78
Yena madala.
Yena
3sg
madala.
old
He/she is old.
Comment:
No predicative copula exists in the language.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: No copula
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