Netagin/Gzarot/Lexicon: Difference between revisions
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==Sentence phrase== | ==Sentence phrase== | ||
===Predicate | ===Predicate adjectives=== | ||
Tíogall is zero-copula, like Hebrew. A predicate adjective is placed before the subject, and the copula pronoun is used. | Tíogall is zero-copula, like Hebrew. A predicate adjective is placed before the subject, and the copula pronoun is used. | ||
When the subject is a definite noun, the pronoun is not mandatory with predicative adjectives: | When the subject is a definite noun, the pronoun is not mandatory with predicative adjectives: | ||
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:/aːlt hiː/ | :/aːlt hiː/ | ||
:''She is tall.'' | :''She is tall.'' | ||
Predicate adjectives are negated by placing ''ní (h)'' in front of the adjective: | Predicate adjectives are negated by placing ''ní (h)'' in front of the adjective: | ||
:'''''Ní h-aonan ú cua ní sheolacht hú.''''' | :'''''Ní h-aonan ú cua ní sheolacht hú.''''' | ||
:''I don't do it because it's not legal.'' | :''I don't do it because it's not legal.'' | ||
===Predicative nouns=== | |||
On the other hand, a predicate noun has the "logical subject" placed after the preposition ''de, d'-'' + pronoun. | |||
:'''''Zodhma diú cathar.''''' | |||
:''A flower is a plant.'' | |||
:'''''Zodhma diú.''''' | |||
:''It's a plant.'' (lit. ''A plant is in it.'') | |||
Predicate nouns are negated by placing ''déar'' /deːl/ 'there is no' in front of the predicate noun. | |||
===Existential sentences=== | ===Existential sentences=== | ||