Value Variable copula

Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases
References
Dolphin 1996: 66

Examples

  1. az dem se ool aig a livn piipl
    az
    as
    dem
    3pl
    se
    say
    ool
    old
    aig
    higues
    a
    cop
    livn
    living
    piipl
    people
    since they say Old Higues are living people

    See Rickford 1987: 146, line 344

  2. dis taim na laang taim
    dis
    this
    taim
    time
    na
    neg
    laang
    long
    taim
    time
    This time is not the olden days.

    See Dolphin 1996: 66