Value Variable copula

Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Predicative adjectives
References
Velupillai 2003: 47

Examples

  1. Speaker_A: ʃi was gudlukin – Speaker_B: jɛ æn ʃi kæn siŋ
    Speaker_A:
    Speaker_a:
    ʃi
    3sg
    was
    was
    gudlukin
    good.looking
    –
    –
    Speaker_B:
    Speaker_B:
    jɛ
    yeah
    æn
    and
    ʃi
    3sg
    kæn
    abil
    siŋ
    sing
    Speaker A: She was good-looking. – Speaker B: Yeah, and she could sing.

    See Velupillai 2003: 47

  2. da shak haŋɹi
    da
    art
    shak
    shark
    haŋɹi
    hungry
    The shark is hungry.