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    Aspectual verbs are able to provide the outer structure for an intransitive complementive predication.

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    Aspectual verbs of being include: wêze be, wurde become, bliuwe stay, lykje seem, skine appear. They are traditionally referred to as copulas. They can be used with all sorts of set-denoting adjectives, as shown in the examples below:

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    a. De famkes wiene wurch
    the girls were weary
    The girls were tired
    b. It berntsje waard wiet
    the girl became wet
    The child became wet
    c. Omke Rimmer bleau lilk op Mark
    uncle Rimmer stayed angry on Mark
    Omke Rimmer remained angry with Mark
    d. Hy liket âlder as dat er is
    he seems older than that he is
    He seems older than he is

    Blike turn out is not used in a copular construction in Frisian; an infinitival construction is used or the idiom bliken dwaan appear do is used, in which the verb blike appear has the form of a gerund, as is evidenced by the final -n:

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    a. *Hy bliek siik
    he turned.out ill
    He turned out to be ill
    b. Hy bliek siik te wêzen
    he turned.out ill to be
    He turned out to be ill
    c. It die bliken dat er siik wie
    it did appear that he ill was
    It turned out that he was ill

    The verb lykje seem requires the particle ta in case the person to whom something appears to be the case is made explicit:

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    a. *Liket it dy net skoan?
    seems it you not nice
    Does not it seem nice to you?
    b. Liket it dy net skoan ta?
    seems it you not nice ADP
    Does not it seem nice to you?

    The meaning seem as if can be expressed in a peculiar construction containing the negation of the comparative of the adjective lyk equal':

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    a. It wie net lik-er as soe de hiele boel yn 'e loft fleane
    it was not equal.CPR as would the whole thing in the sky fly
    It seemed as if everything would explode
    b. It is nea lik-er as slacht der in skoattel foar altyd ta
    it is never equal.CPR as hits there a lock for always close
    It seems as if a door is closed for ever

    The verb skine appear is not normally used with a predicative adjective in Frisian:

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    a. *Hy skynt siik
    he appears ill
    He appears to be ill
    b. Hy skynt siik te wêzen
    he appears to be ill
    He appears to be ill

    The verb appears in a peculiar idiomatic frame in which it can combine with nominalised colour adjectives (see also suffix -ens):

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    It wetter skynde út'en readens
    the water shone out the redness
    The water shimmered with a reddish gleam

    The Adposition Phrase (PP) cannot be extracted from the predicate, though it can be preposed:

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    a. ?Út 'en readens skynde it wetter
    out the redness shone the water
    The water shimmered with a reddish gleam
    b. *'En readens skynde it wetter út
    the redness shone the water with
    The water shimmered with a reddish gleam
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      Author(s): Eric Hoekstra
      Category: Frisian Syntax
      Keywords: aspectual verb
      Version: 1.0, December 2015
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