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==Copular sentences== | ==Copular sentences== | ||
There are two (non-interchangeable) ways to say 'X is Y' where X | There are two (non-interchangeable!) ways to say 'X is Y' where X and Y are nouns. (Khmer makes a similar distinction.) | ||
#''Y (COP) DET X'' - This is used to assert that nouns X and Y refer the same thing. | #''Y (COP) DET X'' - This is used to assert that nouns X and Y refer the same thing. | ||
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Example: | Example: | ||
Sia bo croð niañt dyb çuþ? | |||
NEG.INTERR COL human also in-COL animal | NEG.INTERR COL human also in-COL animal | ||
Are humans, too, not animals? | Are humans, too, not animals? | ||