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The ordinary present tense of the copulative verb /os/ [@S] 'to be' in Classical Fortunatian is: sym [S1m] os [@S] ost [@t_S] sys [S1S] oi<bar> [@t_s] (dissimilation from /ost/ [@t_S] syn [S1n] The relative copulative patterns thus: qf<r>isym/qf<r>im [piS1m], [pim] qf<r>is [piS] qf<r>ist [pit_S] qf<r>ismys/qf<r>isys [piSm1S]/[piS1S] qf<r>istys/qf<r>ii<bar> [pit_S1S]/[pit_s] qf<r>isyn/qf<r>in [piS1n]/[pin] The relative copulative is used after a determinitive pronoun which affirms that a previous word is the subject of the relative clause. The relative copulative must agree in number and person with the referent. It appears in phrases such as: nautr patr, pwau qf<r>is py psauflat [naut. fat. fso piS f1 fsowrat] Our father, you (m.sg.) who _art_ in (the) heaven pwau fili pwau qf<r>ist adt dat pwau pan [fso wiri fso pit_S at dat fso fan] The man, he who gave the bread.