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'She is my sister.'

c. 

--

They player be-PRES-3PL

'They are players.'

(ii)  is commonly used with 3(NH) person of demonstrative pronoun instead of .

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a. 



This pen be.PRES

'This is a pen.'

b. 



That what be.PRES

'What is that?'

5.4 

(i) - 'to be' as stative verb

- 'to be' as stative verb, is used to achieve general truth. Following example

illustrate this:

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a. 

---

Bull-GEN two-CLS horn be-PRES-3

'A bull has two horns.'

b. 

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