Example 7-175

Hi a paasta.
Hi
3sg
a
cop
paasta.
pastor
He is a pastor.
Comment:
Please note that a is a copula here. This can be seen in the alternative utterance: Hi a wan paasta. [3SG COP INDF pastor], which also translates as 'He is a pastor'.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2004: 125