Learn Ainu #3

"The copula ne also takes the same personal affixes as do transitive verbs" (Shibatani, 1990).

1. kuani Aynu ku-ne
   I am an Ainu
2. eani sisame-ne
   You are a Japanese
3. tan-kur poro nispa ne
   This person is a great chief
4. orwa ku-kor kotanta oray-as
   And then, we were in my village

Shibatani, Masayoshi
1990    The Languages of Japan. New York, USA: Cambridge University Press for New York.