5.1.1. The category of the predicate
The presence/absence of the copula does not depend on the category of the predicate. If the copula is absent (in present tense, indicative mood), it is invariably absent with lexical and pronominal predicate.
Ez | a | csont | János-é | (*van). | / | Ez | a | könyv | a | ti-é-d | (*van). |
this | the | bone | John-é | be.3SG | / | this | the | book | the | you-é-2SG | be.3SG |
’This bone is John's. / This book is yours.’
Source: Dékány 2015: 1122; Egedi et al. 2019.
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