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=== Predicates === | |||
Predicates are clauses that involve saying something about the subject (what it is, where it is, etc.) In English, the | |||
majority of this is done with the verb 'is'. This type of verb is called a copula, since all it does is link a subject to | |||
something. | |||
The copula verb in Brooding is ''aeram''. It is treated as a regular verb: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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| ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''yuhneeshe'' | |||
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| I || COP || cold | |||
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|colspan="3"|'I am cold.' | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
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| ''fosh'' || ''eram'' || ''dootham'' | |||
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| he/she || COP-PAST || sibling | |||
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|colspan="3"|'She was a sibling.' | |||
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Note: When equating the subject with a noun (it is something), the object of the copula is ''not'' in the accusative | |||
(object) case. Rather, the subject case is used in both places to indicate equation. | |||
When referring to location, the copula can be used with a prepositional phrase as an object: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
| ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''ata'' || ''fosh'' | |||
|- | |||
| I || COP || with || he/she | |||
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|colspan="4"|'I am with him.' | |||
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====Existentials==== | |||
Existential predicates indicate that something exists. In English, we use "There is" 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. | |||
In existentials, there is no object, we are just saying something exists. This is different than in English, where the | |||
thing that exists is the object of "there is". | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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| ''geeth'' || ''auplen'' | |||
|- | |||
| tree || EXIST | |||
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|colspan="2"|'There is a tree.' | |||
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====Possessive predicate==== | |||
Possessive predicates indicate possession of something. In English, this is its own verb "to have". Brooding uses a | |||
copula to express this along with a prepositional phrase. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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| ''daroon'' || ''aeram'' || ''chee'' || ''leed'' | |||
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| name || COP || with || I | |||
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|colspan="4"|'I have a name.'(literally "A name is with me") | |||
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