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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 know that words will not do
They won't do justice to the indescribable you
My heart is captivated you're all I need
This feeling haunts me
I know it's real
I wonder how this could be
Our love is all we will need
It keeps getting stronger
And it will last longer
Cause I know that we're meant to be
You are everything that I'm not
Your perfections drown out everything that I've got
These eyes have never seen something so divine
Could I be dreaming
I know that I'm alive
I wonder how this could be
Our love is all we will need
It keeps getting stronger
And it will last longer
Cause I know that we're meant to be
With everything I am I give myself to be
I can not comprehend your love for me
I wonder how this could be
Our love is all we will need
It keeps getting stronger
And it will last longer