See subject complement in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "In the sentence \"That is a flying car!\", 'that' is the subject and 'flying car' is the subject complement."
},
{
"text": "In the sentence \"That house seems haunted!\", 'that house' is the subject and 'haunted' is the subject complement (in this case an adjective)."
}
],
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"A complement which is coupled to a subject."
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"(grammar) A complement which is coupled to a subject."
],
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"code": "da",
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"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "subject complement",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "subjektsprædikat"
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"word": "omsagnsled til grundled"
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"alt": "しゅかくほご",
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"roman": "shukaku-hogo",
"sense": "subject complement",
"word": "主格保護"
}
]
}
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},
{
"text": "In the sentence \"That house seems haunted!\", 'that house' is the subject and 'haunted' is the subject complement (in this case an adjective)."
}
],
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"sense": "subject complement",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "subjektsprædikat"
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}
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