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====Copula==== | ====Copula==== | ||
There is no copula in Rówok. | There is no copula in Rówok. | ||
Instead the sense of the copula is expressed in one of the following ways: | |||
#with [[#Nouns|nouns]] in apposition; [[#Animacy|animate]] subjects are in the [[#Ergative|ergative]] case and inanimate ones in the [[#Vocative|vocative]] | |||
#a noun followed by an [[#Adverbs|Adverb]] to express the '''''estar''''' sense of the [[#Adjectives|adjective]] | |||
#a noun followed by a [[#Middle voice|middle voice stative verb]] to express the '''''ser''''' sense of the adjective | |||
Examples: | |||
1) | |||
:'''kanarín zál''' | |||
:tree.voc.pl animal.voc.sing | |||
:the forest is a living thing (literally "an animal") | |||
2) | |||
:'''kanarín zalá''' | |||
:tree.voc.pl life.adv | |||
:the forest is alive right now (in context understood as "lively, teeming with life, very active maybe with animals scurrying too and fro and lush forest growth") | |||
3) | |||
:'''kanarín zálŧa''' | |||
:tree.voc.pl live.3s.mid.imperf | |||
:the forest is alive/lives (in a permanent sense, in context could be understood even as "is healthy") | |||
====Noun phrase==== | ====Noun phrase==== | ||