L1.7: Verbless Sentences
L1.7: Verbless Sentences#
Akkadian, as well as Hebrew, can build sentences without verbs, only by juxtaposing the subject and the predicate. The tense in these sentences can be determined only by the context.
Verbless Sentence |
Translation |
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Hammurapi šar Babilim |
Hammurapi is the king of Babilon |
šarrum gitmālum anāku |
I am the perfect king |