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===Welsh=== {{Technical|section|date=April 2016}} The fact that [[Welsh language|Welsh]] often requires the use of a predicative particle to denote non-definite predicates means that the copula can be omitted in certain phrases. For example, the phrase {{lang|cy|Ac yntau'n ddyn byr...}} ("Since he is/was/etc. a short man...") literally translates as "And he [particle] a short man...". The zero copula is especially common in Welsh poetry of the {{lang|cy|[[Medieval Welsh literature|gogynfardd]]}} style.
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