A10
core
Scene core
Events
Identity / Classification
What is it? Who is who?
basic
Copular clause
Predicate nominal
Classification
المعنى
A relation that identifies, names, classifies, or equates one participant with another role, class, or label.
طريقة التعرّف عليه
Ask whether the sentence says that X is Y or belongs to a class.
أمثلة
كلمات
doctor|teacher|friend|problem
عبارات
my brother is a doctor|this is a mistake
جملة
She is a doctor.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Identity/class frame: X = Y She = a doctor person = class/role Meaning: X belongs to Y
Compare shape
Same link, different marking: [She] [is] [a doctor] [She] [doctor] zero BE [She] [doctor-CASE] Marking changes; X = Y stays.
نظرة على اللغة
في اللغة الأم
عربي
مدى الظهور
strong
الأهمية
Identity and classification are often expressed as nominal sentences without present-tense copula.
أحمدُ طبيب.
Ahmad doctor.
في اللغة قيد التعلم
إنجليزي
مدى الظهور
strong
الصعوبة
English identity and classification commonly use 'be', often with an article before singular count nouns.
She is a doctor.
is a doctor = classification
مشكلة شائعة للمتعلّمين
Learners may say 'She doctor' or omit the article in 'She is a doctor'.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.