Grammar

I.  Present Tense with Connecting Verb (Ca ) + (Noun),

    1.  Affirmative Sentence with Connecting Verb (Ca ) + (Noun):

    The meaning of connecting verb (Ca) is  (be, is) as in the sentence below:

Example:

xj?j7 Ca CnCati Gaemrik .		I am an American
Kat' Ca saRs5acar< .		He is a professor.
xj?j7 Ca RKUbeRgon .		I am a teacher.
BYkeK Ca ksikr .		They are famers.
GaKarenH Ca bN^al=y .		This building is a library

    2.  Negative Sentence with Connecting Verb (Ca ) + (Noun)

    The negative sentence of simple sentence, with connecting verb (Ca ),  is form by inserting the negative word  ( minEmn ) or  (  Gt'Emn   ) between the subject and the main verb of a sentence and ( eT ) at the end of that sentence.  Particle ( eT ) can be deleted from the negative sentence, but it doesn't sound natural.

Example:

xj?j7 minEmn Ca CnCati Gaemrik eT.		or	xj?j7 Gt'Emn Ca CnCati Gaemrik eT.
I am not an American
Kat' minEmn Ca saRs5acar< eT.		or	Kat' Gt'Emn Ca saRs5acar< eT.
He is not a professor.
xj?j7 minEmn Ca RKUbeRgon eT.		or	xj?j7 Gt'Emn Ca RKUbeRgon eT.
I am not a teacher.
BYkeK minEmn Ca ksikr eT.		or	BYkeK Gt'Emn Ca ksikr eT.
They are not famers.
GaKarenH minEmn Ca bN^al=y eT.		or	GaKarenH Gt'Emn Ca bN^al=y eT.
This building is not a library

    3.  Interogative Sentence with Connecting Verb (Ca ) + (Noun)

    The interogative clause, with connecting verb (Ca ),  is form by adding particle (etI) at the beginning of the clause and follows by ( EmneT ) at the end of the clause.

Example:

etI elak Ca CnCati Gaemrik EmneT /		Are you an American?
etI Kat' Ca saRs5acar< EmneT /		Is he a professor?
etI nag Ca RKUbeRgon EmneT /		Is she a teacher?
etI BYkeK Ca ksikr EmneT /		Are they famers?
etI GaKarenH Ca bN^al=y EmneT /		Is this building a library?

    4.  Note on Connecting Verb (Ca )

    The connecting verb (Ca ) can be dropped in from the affirmative, negative, or interogative sentence in the spoken form and the sentence still carries the same meaning.