Editing Zero copula (section)

===Ganda===
The [[Luganda|Ganda]] verb "to be", {{lang|lg|-li}}, is used in only two cases: when the predicate is a prepositional phrase and when the subject is a pronoun and the predicate is an adjective:
*{{lang|lg|Ali mulungi}}, "She is beautiful' ({{lang|lg|ali}}, "(he/she) is")
*{{lang|lg|Kintu ali mu mmotoka}}, "Kintu is in the car" (literally "Kintu he-is in-car")

Otherwise, the zero copula is used:
*{{lang|lg|Omuwala mulungi}}, "The girl is beautiful" (literally "the-girl beautiful")
Here the word {{lang|lg|mulungi}}, "beautiful" is missing its initial vowel pre-prefix {{lang|lg|o-}}. If included, it would make the adjective qualify the noun {{lang|lg|omuwala}} [[attributive adjective|attributively]]:
*{{lang|lg|Omuwala omulungi}}, "The beautiful girl' or "a beautiful girl".