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 Predicate-first syntax
 ===Predicates===
-Eevo has no copula. Instead, the "predicate" or the focused constituent is fronted:
-e.g. ''Dy eell naw ee.'' = I love her; ''Ee a (fa) dy eell ren.'' = It's her that I love
+:''Að smøøh bo sbenopats twm øráð bo [toxrorégin] syrŋ a go þarcǿma ŋe.''
+:SG world COL dinosaur NEG only COL evolve-PASS.PART new DET PST.IPFV inhabit it
-When fronting of a noun occurs, the remaining verb phrase becomes a noun phrase, thus a determiner must be used.
+:The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved. [The world of the dinosaurs, not only the newly evolved inhabited it.]
-:''Twm øráð syrŋ bo [toxrorégin] '''a''' go þarcǿma að smøøh bo sbenopats.''
-:NEG only new COL evolve-PASS.PART DET PST.IPFV inhabit SG world COL dinosaur
-:The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved.
 In some tenses (progressive, perfect) the particle ''fa'' can be used after the ''a'' when fronting.