Value Invariant copula

Language:
Papiamentu
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases
References
Kouwenberg 2007: 321f

Examples

  1. E ta un mohé chikito.
    E
    3sg
    ta
    cop
    un
    indf
    muhé
    woman
    chikitu.
    small
    She is a small woman.

    See Kouwenberg nd

  2. Mi omo ta polis.
    Mi
    1sg
    omo
    uncle
    ta
    cop
    polis.
    police
    My uncle is a police officer.

    See Muller 1989: 111

  3. E papel ku mi ta uza aworaki ta papel di saka kopia.
    E
    def
    papel
    paper
    ku
    comp
    mi
    1sg
    ta
    tns
    uza
    use
    awor
    now
    aki
    dem.prox
    ta
    cop
    papel
    paper
    di
    of
    saka
    produce
    kopia.
    copy
    The paper that I now use is photocopy paper.

    See Kouwenberg nd