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c. 

--

2(H) be-PST-2.SG(H)

'You were.'

d. 

--

You be-PST-FEM.2(NH)

'You were.'

e. 

--

He/She home-LOC be-PRES.3(NH)

'He/She is at home.'

Copula - is inflected in respect with number, person, gender and honorificity in

past tense. Following examples in table14 illustrate this:

Table 14: Inflection of copula  'be' in past tense form:

Number

Person Singular Plural
st
1 -- --
2 -- --
nd
2 honorific -- --
nd
nd
2 feminine -- --
3 - --
rd
3 honorific -- --
rd
rd
3 feminine -- --

(iii)  'to be' as future tense form

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