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: ''kālomīye dariśah '''jalliṣiga va'''.'' "Kālomīye will not be a dancer." | : ''kālomīye dariśah '''jalliṣiga va'''.'' "Kālomīye will not be a dancer." | ||
First- and second-person pronouns have synthetic (fused) copular forms: | |||
: ''''' | : '''''yūga''' dūhṛṃlila.'' "I am an office worker." | ||
: '''''nadda''' umūm lila.'' "You are a good person." <!-- | : '''''nadda''' umūm lila.'' "You are a good person." <!--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: | 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: | ||