Value Variable copula

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Predicative adjectives
References
Faraclas 1996: 221-226

Examples

  1. Mà pot smo̱l.
    Mà
    1sg.poss
    pot
    pot
    smo̱l.
    be.small
    My pot is small.

    See Faraclas 1996: 224

  2. Mà pot de smo̱l.
    Mà
    1sg.poss
    pot
    pot
    de
    cop.loc
    smo̱l.
    be.small.nmlz
    My pot is small (lit. My pot is located in a state of being small).

    See Faraclas 1996: 224