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First- and second-person pronouns have synthetic (fused) copular forms: | First- and second-person pronouns have synthetic (fused) copular forms: | ||
: '''''yūga''' dūhṛṃlila.'' "I am an office worker." | : '''''yūga''' dūhṛṃlila.'' "I am an office worker." | ||
: ''''' | : '''''kaṅga''' umūm lila.'' "You are a good person." | ||
The undeclinable so-called "copular adjectives", such as ''cami'' "great, important", ''lalla'' "high, higher; next" or ''umūm'' "good", are not used with ''ga'', but need ''idu'' in a negative sentence: | The undeclinable so-called "copular adjectives", such as ''cami'' "great, important", ''lalla'' "high, higher; next" or ''umūm'' "good", are not used with ''ga'', but need ''idu'' in a negative sentence: | ||