Value Variable copula

Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Predicative locative phrases
References
Maurer 2009: 95ff.

Examples

  1. [...] ranha taa ufu-kumi.
    [...]
    [...]
    ranha
    queen
    taa
    cop.pst
    ufu-kumi.
    road
    […] the queen was on the road.

    See Maurer 2009: 95

  2. Sun arê ki san ranha n'udêntu palaxu.
    Sun
    mister
    arê
    king
    ki
    with
    san
    lady
    ranha
    queen
    na
    loc
    udêntu
    interior
    palaxu.
    palace
    The king and the queen were in the palace.

    See Maurer 2009: 95

  3. Wosê ami eli ki a nixi na tabwe [...].
    Wosê
    now
    ami
    1sg
    eli
    foc
    ki
    rel
    a
    cop.prs
    nixi
    here
    na
    loc
    tabwe
    trouble
    [...].
     
    Now I am the one who is here in trouble ...

    See Maurer 2009: 95