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==Copular sentences==
==Copular sentences==
There are two (non-interchangeable!) ways to say 'X is Y' where X and Y are nouns. (Khmer makes a similar distinction.)
There are two (non-interchangeable!) ways to say 'Noun X is noun Y'. (Khmer makes a similar distinction.)


#''X (COP) Y'' - This is used to assert that nouns X and Y refer  to the same thing.
#''X (COP) Y'' - This is used to assert that nouns X and Y refer  to the same thing.
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