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 The copula verb in Brooding is ''aeram''. It is treated as a regular verb:
-''leed aeram yuhneeshe''<br />
+{| class="wikitable"
-I COP cold<br />
+|-
-"I am cold"
+| ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''yuhneeshe''
+|-
+| I || COP || cold
+|-
+|colspan="3"|'I am cold.'
+|-
+|}
-''fosh aeram dootham''<br />
+{| class="wikitable"
-I COP-PAST sibling<br />
+|-
-"I was a sibling"
+| ''fosh'' || ''eram'' || ''dootham''
+|-
+| he/she || COP-PAST || sibling
+|-
+|colspan="3"|'She was a sibling.'
+|-
+|}
 Note: When equating the subject with a noun (it is something), the object of the copula is ''not'' in the accusative
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 When referring to location, the copula can be used with a prepositional phrase as an object:
-''leed aeram ata fosh''<br />
+{| class="wikitable"
-I COP with he/she<br />
+|-
-"I am with him"
+| ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''ata'' || ''fosh''
+|-
+| I || COP || with || he/she
+|-
+|colspan="4"|'I am with him.'
+|-
+|}
 ====Existentials====
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 thing that exists is the object of "there is".
-''geeth auplen''<br />
+{| class="wikitable"
-tree EXIST<br />
+|-
-"There is a tree"
+| ''geeth'' || ''auplen''
+|-
+| tree || EXIST
+|-
+|colspan="2"|'There is a tree.'
+|-
+|}
 ====Possessive predicate====
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 copula to express this along with a prepositional phrase.
-''daroon aeram chee leed''<br />
+{| class="wikitable"
-name COP with I<br />
+|-
-"I have a name" (literally "A name is with me")
+| ''daroon'' || ''aeram'' || ''chee'' || ''leed''
+|-
+| name || COP || with || I
+|-
+|colspan="4"|'I have a name.'(literally "A name is with me")
+|-
+|}
 == Conjunctions ==