Copulae
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Hafau has 2 copulae used in different contexts, ‘er’ from Sweidish 🇸🇪är, and ‘sa’ from Latin 🇻🇦stāre.
er: This is the copula used for strictly nouns. For example:
Di homine er e trabaxoro = The man is a worker
Contractions: The copula ‘er’ can be contracted into other pronouns, like ‘í’ to make ‘iér’ and ‘té’ to make ‘tér’.
sa: This is the copula used for strictly adjectives. For example:
Di pupa sa felic = The girl is happy
in: While technically the word for “in”, it can be used as a copula for location. For example:
Té in ko? = Where are you?