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| '''additive''' - ''klodeste''<br /> | | '''additive''' - ''klodeste''<br /> |
| * ''klodeste agen leed awtluht'' - "In addition to me seeing it" | | * ''klodeste agen leed awtluht'' - "In addition to me seeing it" |
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| == Predicates ==
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| Predicates are clauses that involve saying something about the subject (what it is, where it is, etc.) In English, the
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| 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
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| something.
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| The copula verb in Brooding is ''aeram''. It is treated as a regular verb:
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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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| | ''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
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| When referring to location, the copula can be used with a prepositional phrase as an object:
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| | ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''ata'' || ''fosh''
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| | I || COP || with || he/she
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| |colspan="4"|'I am with him.'
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| ====Existentials====
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| Existential predicates indicate that something exists. In English, we use "There is" to indicate this. Brooding has
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| its own verb for this: auplen. Like the copula, this is a verb and can have aspect, tense, negation, etc.
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| In existentials, there is no object, we are just saying something exists. This is different than in English, where the
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| thing that exists is the object of "there is".
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| | ''geeth'' || ''auplen''
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| | tree || EXIST
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| |colspan="2"|'There is a tree.'
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| ====Possessive predicate====
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| Possessive predicates indicate possession of something. In English, this is its own verb "to have". Brooding uses a
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| copula to express this along with a prepositional phrase.
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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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| == Conjunctions == | | == Conjunctions == |