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Selecting a bare infinitive
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The copula of being does not select predications headed by a bare infinitive.

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The copula wêze be cannot directly be combined with a predication built on a bare infinitive (unlike what is possible in Dutch):

Example 1

a. *Foppe is fuotbalje
Foppe is play.soccer.OI
Foppe has gone to play soccer
b. *Foppe is fuotbaljen
Foppe is play.soccer.GI
Foppe has gone to play soccer
c. *Jouke is griente keapje
Jouke is vegetables buy.OI
Jouke has gone to buy vegetables
d. *Jouke is griente keapjen
Jouke is vegetables buy.GI
Jouke has gone to buy vegetables
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