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===Copula=== | ===Copula=== | ||
Bhadhagha has a copula ''laidh'' which inflects regularly in the present tense (but the past tense is ''g'laidh'' even in casual Bhadhagha). Nominal or adjectival predicates after the copula have to be preceded by ''de'' (in): ''Lanna de dùbhòinn'' (I'm a teacher), ''Lù d'ìon'' (It's blue) | Bhadhagha has a copula ''laidh'' which inflects regularly in the present tense (but the past tense is ''g'laidh'' even in casual Bhadhagha). Nominal or adjectival predicates after the copula have to be preceded by ''de'' (in): ''Lanna de dùbhòinn'' (I'm a teacher, as in Welsh: Dw i ''yn'' athro), ''Lù d'ìon'' (It's blue), though that is disappearing in casual Bhadhagha (where they just say ''Lanna dùbhòinn'' and ''Lù ìon'') | ||
As in Welsh, the copula is also used with progressive verbs: ''Laidh (an) dhùbhòinn d'èinteach'' (The teacher is sleeping). | As in Welsh, the copula is also used with progressive verbs: ''Laidh (an) dhùbhòinn d'èinteach'' (The teacher is sleeping). | ||