Been (other)
Been may refer to: * To be *Have been *Been (surname) *Beens, an ethnic group of Bangladesh * Pungi or been, an Indian wind instrument * Rudra veena or been, a string instrument See also *Bean (other) A bean is a large seed of several plants in the family ''Fabaceae''. Bean or beans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment *Mr. Bean, a British television series **Bean (film), ''Bean'' (film), a 1997 comedy film based on the television serie ... {{disambiguation ...
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Copula (linguistics)
In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae; abbreviated ) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word ''is'' in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase ''was not being'' in the sentence "It was not being co-operative." 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. In other languages, copulas show more resemblances to pronouns, as in Classical Chinese and Guarani, or may take the form of suffixes attached to a noun, as in Korean, Beja, and Inuit languages. Most languages have one main copula, although some (like Spanish, Portuguese and Thai) have more than one, while others have none. In the case ...
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