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Value Variable copula
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Predicative adjectives
References
Maurer 2009
: 95ff.
Examples
[...] Têtuuga, txi
rwin
mutu.
[...]
[...]
Têtuuga,
Turtle
txi
2sg
rwin
wicked
mutu.
very
[…] Turtle, you are too wicked.
See
Maurer 2009
: 99
Pa ine minu sê sa bôn.
Pa
comp
ine
pl
minu
child
sê
dem
sa
cop
bôn.
good
(I hope) that these children are good.
See
Maurer 2009
: 100
Ine ladran sê po sa bôn fa.
Ine
pl
ladran
thief
sê
dem
po
can
sa
cop
bôn
good
fa.
neg
These thieves cannot be good.
See
Maurer 2009
: 100
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