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 ===Sentence phrase===
 ====Predicate nouns and adjectives====
-{{PAGENAME}} is zero-copula, like Hebrew. A predicate adjective is placed before the subject, and the pronoun is used. However, a predicate noun has the "logical subject" placed after the preposition ''de, d'-''.
+{{PAGENAME}} is zero-copula, like Hebrew. A predicate adjective is placed before the subject, and the pronoun is used. On the other hand, a predicate noun has the "logical subject" placed after the preposition ''de, d'-''.
 :'''''Zodhma de chathar.'''''
-:''A flower is a plant.''
+:''A flower is a plant.'' (lit. ''A plant is in a flower.'')
 :'''''Zodhma diú.'''''
-:''It's a plant.''
+:''It's a plant.'' (lit. ''A plant is in it.'')
-Similarly for definite nouns as subjects, though the pronoun is not mandatory in this case:
+For definite nouns as subjects, the pronoun is not mandatory:
-:'''''Zodhma den chathar.'''''
-:''The flower is a plant.''
 :'''''Árd (hí) an gcamhna.'''''