- published: 30 Jul 2013
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In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae) is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement). The word copula derives from the Latin noun for a link or tie that connects two different things.
A copula is often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb. In English primary education grammar courses, a copula is often called a linking verb. Other copulas show more resemblances to pronouns. This is the case for Classical Chinese and Guarani, for instance. In highly synthetic languages, copulas are often suffixes, attached to a noun, that may still behave otherwise like ordinary verbs, for example -u- in Inuit languages. In some other languages, such as Beja and Ket, the copula takes the form of suffixes that attach to a noun but are distinct from the person agreement markers used on predicative verbs. This phenomenon is known as nonverbal person agreement or nonverbal subject agreement and the relevant markers are always established as deriving from cliticised independent pronouns.
I used to be blond
I used to be a terrible man
I used to be a psycho
I used to be (?)
I used to be a (?)
But I just couldn't worship me
I used to be (?)
20 reruns too
Oh help me baby
Look at me I'm drowning
With my clothes on
With my clothes on
Been listenting to too much
Info for mostly deep
Been getting all private lately
Shits gonna destroy me
I called the selector
But she just hung up on me
Said I'm gonna burn your house down baby
But that just excites me
Home girl rest in peace, rest in peace
Oh shut your mouth
I hear you calling
Quiet down now
Your not henry rollins
Ya e ya e ya e ya e ya e ya e
God created hip hop cause he never dug disco
Or so I was told
While your mommy when we hung out that night in san francisco
What does your mommy say about me baby
Baby baby baby baby baby
Oh I'm still drowning
Give me a (?)
Pull me on to the shore