5.1.4. Tense
The copula must be used in non-present tenses.
Ez | a | könyv | Iván-é | volt/lesz. |
this | the | book | Ivan-é | be.PST.3SG/be.FUT.3SG |
’This book was / will be Ivan's.’
Source: Example provided by database editor (native speaker), based on Egedi et al. 2019.
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