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Predicative noun phrases
Occasionally, one finds a copula-less sentence, but it’s the exception.
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Invariant copula
Example 40-102:
Akə warʤ su ʋalor tɛ doj mil rhupi.
Akə
that
warʤ
field
su
gen
ʋalor
value
tɛ
cop
doj
two
mil
thousand
rhupi.
rupee
The value of that field is two thousand rupees.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Language:
Korlai
Feature:
Predicative noun phrases
Source:
Unpublished story
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