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Value Variable copula
Language:
Pichi
Parameter:
Predicative adjectives
References
Yakpo 2009
Examples
Tìdé dì human
de fayn.
Tìdé
today
dì
def
human
woman
de
cop
fayn.
fine
Today the woman is (feeling) fine. (NOT: Today the woman is beautiful.)
See
Yakpo 2009
: 320
Dì human
fayn.
Dì
def
human
woman
fayn.
be.fine
The woman is beautiful. (NOT: The woman is (feeling) fine.)
See
Yakpo 2009
: 320
[...] è big.
[...]
[...]
è
3sg
.
sbj
big.
be.big
[...] it's big.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 636
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