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--- en:grammar:verb_phrases [2023-02-02 12:29] – [The copula] christian
+++ en:grammar:verb_phrases [2023-02-02 12:35] (current) – [The copula] Add rationale christian
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 **Ya den laste xi mardi.** – Yesterday he/she was ill.\\
-**Xi** it's always used before a noun or preposition:
+**Xi** it always used before a noun or preposition:
 **Ya xi baba hau.** – He's a good father.\\
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 **Uma gran xi lela.**
+//Rationale:// That the copula is required before noun phrases and locative phrases, but (typically) omitted before adjectives, follows the typical patterns in the majority of all languages (WALS 120) and specifically in creoles (APiCS 73–75).
 ===== Other verbs with a complement =====