Value Variable copula

Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases
References
Stolz 1986: 152,153

Examples

  1. diso ēn frāi maní fo hou hus.
    diso
    dem
    ēn
    a
    frāi
    good
    maní
    way
    fo
    inf
    hou
    keep
    hus.
    house
    This is a good way of keeping house.
  2. mi na hunggǝsḗ
    mi
    1sg
    na
    not
    hunggǝsḗ
    dog-face
    I am not a dog-face.

    See Josselin de Jong 1926: 11

  3. Ju a ēn wis man.
    Ju
    2sg
    a
    cop
    ēn
    a
    wis
    wise
    man.
    man
    You are a wise man.

    See Josselin de Jong 1926: 56