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predicative

Speech parts

1. predicative - Noun

2. predicative - Adjective

Meaning

Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red' Source: Internet

A predicative adjective does not take the accusative case suffix even when the noun it modifies does: :mi farbis la pordon ruĝan (I painted the red door) :mi farbis la pordon ruĝa (I painted the door red). Source: Internet

Colloquial Khmer is a zero copula language, instead preferring predicative adjectives (and even predicative nouns) unless using a copula for emphasis or to avoid ambiguity in more complex sentences. Source: Internet

Both attributive and predicative adjectives agree with the noun. Source: Internet

Certain adjectives are restricted to one or other use; for example, drunken is attributive (a drunken sailor), while drunk is usually predicative (the sailor was drunk). Source: Internet

Examples are given below (with the copula in bold and the predicative expression in italics): ::Mary and John are my friends. Source: Internet

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