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: '''''ludda''' dūhṛṃlila.'' "I am an office worker." | : '''''ludda''' dūhṛṃlila.'' "I am an office worker." | ||
: '''''nadda''' umūm lila.'' "You are a good person." <!-- ''lud'' (copula ''ludda''); second person: ''nad'' (copula ''nadda''), ''ḫod'' (copula ''ḫodda''), ''yad'' (copula ''yadda''), ''āt'' (copula ''ātha''). --> | : '''''nadda''' umūm lila.'' "You are a good person." <!-- ''lud'' (copula ''ludda''); second person: ''nad'' (copula ''nadda''), ''ḫod'' (copula ''ḫodda''), ''yad'' (copula ''yadda''), ''āt'' (copula ''ātha''). --> | ||
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: | |||
: ''āna lila '''umūm'''.'' "That person is good." | |||
: ''hiyome '''idu cami'''.'' "This is not important." | |||
===Numerals (''dhujāvāmi'')=== | ===Numerals (''dhujāvāmi'')=== | ||