(ii)    Copula sentences

In these sentences the copula verb links the subject noun phrase with the predicate. These sentences are grammatical without this link verb too.

ava:u    ugera    ula:u     1          2            3

‘She    is    tall’  1       3      2

Here the appellative -u functions as the copula.

ka:u    tu:pe    ua    1          2        3

‘Air    is    light’  1      3     2

ava:u    ugera     1           2

‘She    is    tall’   1             2

ka:u    tu:pe    1         2

‘Air    is    light’         1      2

(iii)     Possessive sentences

In case of most of the sentence types, the subject noun phrase has a head in the nominative case.