Since the simplest copulatives do not use any verbs whatsoever ( zero copula ), entire predicative sentences in Sesotho may be formed without the use of verbs.
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The copulative ( i . e ., it consists of a noun / adjective and a linking verb ), both parts agree in number with the subject.
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The first two rules do not use any verbs ( the zero copula ) using only changes in tone and / or the copulative formative " ke-".
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Additionally, a slightly more dramatic lowering of pitch ( a copulative ) where the lack of downstep ( as well as other tonal factors ) changes the utterance's meaning.
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The first-and second-person forms are created analogically from the copulative concords, by duplicating the vowel in the subject concord and then prefixing " a ".
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This verb is inceptive and ( when used as a transitive verb ) means " become " ( not " is ", which is indicated by the direct non-verbal copulative ).
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This conjunctive " le-", which is a prefix attached to the verb's object, is not to be confused with the copulative verb "-le ".
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-- The 1884 campaign between Grover Cleveland and James G . Blaine was described by Lord Byron as a contest regarding " the copulative habits of one and the prevaricative habits of the other ."
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A copulative is a word which does the work of a predicative, and which is formed from some other part of speech by modification of a prefix or concord, or by means of some formative addition.
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The unique expression of the Tetragrammaton ???? ( yhwh ) is composed of matris lectionis ( supporting first class vowels ) that suggest a verbal cognate noun derived from ??? ( hayah ), the Hebrew copulative otherwise known as the verb to be.
