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****''u'': add epenthetic ''-w-'' followed by ''-ow/ey''
****''u'': add epenthetic ''-w-'' followed by ''-ow/ey''
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**'''Predicative''': Used for predicative nouns. This is not a true case but rather the absolutive fused to the copula. This fusing is optional, and in the present indicative the copula can be dropped entirely.
**'''Predicative''': Used for predicative nouns. This is not a true case but rather the absolutive fused to the copula. This fusing is optional, and in the present indicative the copula is usually dropped entirely (except for emphasis).
***Absolutive ending in consonant or short, unstressed vowel: ''-é'' (declines as adjective; inchoative: ''-achi'')<!--, ''-dha'' (invariant; present only; doesn't affect stress)--> - e.g. ''Maxámmad'' → ''Maxammade<!--, Maxámmaddha-->''
***Absolutive ending in consonant or short, unstressed vowel: ''-é'' (declines as adjective; inchoative: ''-achi'')<!--, ''-dha'' (invariant; present only; doesn't affect stress)--> - e.g. ''Maxámmad'' → ''Maxammade<!--, Maxámmaddha-->''
***Absolutive ending in long or stressed vowel: ''-shé'' (declines as adjective; inchoative: ''-chi'')<!--, ''-dha'' (invariant; present only)--> - e.g. ''makiiná'' → ''makiinashe<!--, makiinadha-->''
***Absolutive ending in long or stressed vowel: ''-shé'' (declines as adjective; inchoative: ''-chi'')<!--, ''-dha'' (invariant; present only)--> - e.g. ''makiiná'' → ''makiinashe<!--, makiinadha-->''
***Independent forms of the copula: ''dha'' (invariant; present only), ''(sh)e'' (adjective declension; inchoative: ''achi'')<!--, ''dhe'' (= ''dha + e''; adjective declension)-->
***Independent forms of the copula: <!--''dha'' (invariant; present only),-->''(sh)e'' (adjective declension; inchoative: ''achi'')<!--, ''dhe'' (= ''dha + e''; adjective declension)-->
:::e.g. ''Maxammadú nama / nama e / nama she / nama dha / <!--nama dhe / -->namé<!-- / námadha-->.'' "Muhammad is a person."
:::e.g. ''Maxammadú nama / nama e / nama she / <!--nama dha / nama dhe / -->namé<!-- / námadha-->.'' "Muhammad is a person."
::::''namiye'' "I am a person"; ''namaché'' "I have become a person"
::::''namiye'' "I am a person"; ''namaché'' "I have become a person"


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