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Value Variable copula
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases
References
Günther 1973
: 85
Examples
Ê
ladran
mutu.
Ê
3sg
ladran
thief
mutu.
very
He is a big thief.
See
Maurer 2009
: 96
M mêsê pa txi sa dôtô.
M
1sg
mêsê
want
pa
comp
txi
2sg
sa
cop
dôtô.
doctor
I want you to be a doctor.
See
Maurer 2009
: 98
Omi xila, ki
sa
dôtô, ê vika fa.
Omi
man
xila,
dem
ki
rel
sa
cop
dôtô,
doctor
ê
3sg
vika
come
fa.
neg
That man, who is a doctor, didn't come.
See
Maurer 2009
: 98
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