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Locational Predication
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===Copula===
===Copula===


Kämpya has no verb meaning "to be" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_copula]. Instead, the two words are simply placed side by side in the sentence. e.g.
Kämpya has no verb meaning "to be" (something) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_copula]. Instead, the two words are simply placed side by side in the sentence. e.g.




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He / She / It / They is / are / was / were / will be alone.
He / She / It / They is / are / was / were / will be alone.


====With Postpositional Phrases====
====With Postpositional Phrases====
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The enemy departs from Hkónat.
The enemy departs from Hkónat.


To say "A is located at / in / on etc. B", Kämpya uses the verb /tì̤/ e.g.
/ˈḛ̂nèmì ˈkʰòʔnát=ká tì̤/
enemy Hkonat=LOC be.at
The enemy is at Hkonat.
Note that /tì̤/ cannot be used as a copula (to say something is something else). As discussed previously, in such a case, no verb is used at all.




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