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 ===Copula===
+To express "is an X", the copula ''-puan'' is suffixed to the bare stem of X; X plus the copula then goes to the normal stem slot for purposes of verb inflection. The noun itself doesn't go into the plural even when the subject is plural.
+:'''''Laiteitutu.'''''
+:la-co-teit-utu
+:merely-DIR-child-3PL.PRED.PRES
+:''They are mere children.''
+:'''''Hyroṉḏuar, hybreituar?'''''
+:''Are you a man or a woman?''
+====Inflection====
+TODO inflection of copula for tense - suppletive
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 |+ Progressive indicative
 |-
-! Person !! Affix !! ''-ḡaiman'' 'I fly' !! ''-caasyn'' "I eat"
+! Person !! Affix
 |-
-| 1SG || ''-n'' || ''-ḡaiman'' || ''-caasyn''
+| 1SG || ''-n''
 |-
-| 2SG || ''-r'' || ''-ḡaimar'' || ''-caasyr''
+| 2SG || ''-r''
 |-
-| 3SG.M || ''-m'' || ''-ḡaimam'' || ''-caasym''
+| 3SG.M || ''-m''
 |-
-| 3SG.F || ''-s'' || ''-ḡaimas'' || ''-caasys''
+| 3SG.F || ''-s''
 |-
-| 3SG.N || ''-0'' || ''-ḡaima'' || ''-caas''
+| 3SG.N || ''-0''
 |-
-| 1EX || ''-me'' || ''-ḡaimame'' || ''-caasyme''
+| 1EX || ''-me''
 |-
-| 1IN || ''-nt'' || ''-ḡaimant'' || ''-caasynt''
+| 1IN || ''-nt''
 |-
-| 2PL || ''-f'' || ''-ḡaimaf'' || ''-caasyf''
+| 2PL || ''-f''
 |-
-| 3PL || ''-tu'' || ''-ḡaimatu'' || ''-caasytu''
+| 3PL || ''-tu''
 |-
-| 4 || ''-p'' || ''-ḡaimap'' || ''-caasyp''
+| 4 || ''-p''
 |-
-| Who? || ''-te'' || ''-ḡaimate'' || ''-caasyte''
+| Who? || ''-te''
 |-
-| What? || ''-ta'' || ''-ḡaimata'' || ''-caasyta''
+| What? || ''-ta''
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-To express "is an X", the copula ''-puan'' is suffixed to the bare stem of X; X plus the copula then goes to the normal stem slot for purposes of verb inflection. The noun itself doesn't go into the plural even when the subject is plural.
-:'''''Laiteitutu.'''''
-:la-co-teit-utu
-:merely-DIR-child-3PL.PRED.PRES
-:''They are mere children.''
-:'''''Hyroṉḏuar, hybreituar?'''''
-:''Are you a man or a woman?''
-TODO inflection of copula for tense - suppletive
 ===Independent pronouns===