Friday, April 27, 2012

Adjectives with the existential copula

Still wondering about the syntax of a couple of adjectival or verb psychological predicates that must appear with vaa 'exist'  or its potential aspect form gaa.  These seem rather like verbs, and can be transitive, but they don't vary for aspect, which is instead shown by the existential.

Several examples in this subsense of the word vaa:




Interlinear versions of some sample passages:






The 'free'  construction described in the previous blog entry also has the vaa before it.

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