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The copula verb in Brooding is ''aeram''. It is treated as a regular verb: | The copula verb in Brooding is ''[[Contionary: aeram|aeram]]''. It is treated as a regular verb: | ||
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| ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''yuhneeshe'' | | ''[[Contionary: leed|leed]]'' || ''[[Contionary: aeram|aeram]]'' || ''[[Contionary: yuhneeshe|yuhneeshe]]'' | ||
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| I || COP || cold | | I || COP || cold | ||
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| ''fosh'' || ''eram'' || ''dootham'' | | ''[[Contionary: fosh|fosh]]'' || ''[[Contionary: eram|eram]]'' || ''[[Contionary: dootham|dootham]]'' | ||
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| he/she || COP-PAST || sibling | | he/she || COP-PAST || sibling | ||
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| ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''ata'' || ''fosh'' | | ''[[Contionary: leed|leed]]'' || ''[[Contionary: aeram|aeram]]'' || ''[[Contionary: ata|ata]]'' || ''[[Contionary: fosh|fosh]]'' | ||
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| I || COP || with || he/she | | I || COP || with || he/she | ||
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Existential predicates indicate that something exists. In English, we use “there is” or “there are” to indicate this. Brooding has | Existential predicates indicate that something exists. In English, we use “there is” or “there are” to indicate this. Brooding has | ||
its own verb for this: ''auplen''. Like the copula, this is a verb and can have aspect, tense, negation, etc. | its own verb for this: ''[[Contionary: auplen|auplen]]''. Like the copula, this is a verb and can have aspect, tense, negation, etc. | ||
In existentials, there is no object, we are just saying something exists. | In existentials, there is no object, we are just saying something exists. | ||
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| ''geeth'' || ''auplen'' | | ''[[Contionary: geeth|geeth]]'' || ''[[Contionary: auplen|auplen]]'' | ||
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| tree || EXIST | | tree || EXIST | ||
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| ''daroon'' || ''aeram'' || ''chee'' || ''leed'' | | ''[[Contionary: daroon|daroon]]'' || ''[[Contionary: aeram|aeram]]'' || ''[[Contionary: chee|chee]]'' || ''[[Contionary: leed|leed]]'' | ||
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| name || COP || with || I | | name || COP || with || I | ||
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|colspan=4| ‘I have a name.’(literally “A name is with me”) | |colspan=4| ‘I have a name.’ (literally “A name is with me”) | ||
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