Nominal Structures of Uralic Languages

Tenses are marked on copulas. Note that the morphology of copula-verbs are somewhat irregular and not fully transparent. Different tenses make use of different stems. (In third person, present tense, indicative the copula is absent. The example illustrate a first person subject.)

Én	János-é	vagy-ok/vol-t-am/lesz-ek.
I	John-é	be.1SG/be-PST-1SG/be.FUT-1S

’I am / was / will be John's.’

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