Cop=VInfl: The copula, when explicit, is inflected just as lexical verbs.
he/she home cop.3sg
‘He/she is at home.’ (S. D.)
(2) ľōmwoj-ǝt māń-ǝt ōl-s-ǝt
mosquito small-pl be-pst-3pl
‘The mosquitoes were small.’ (S. D.)
mosquito small be-cond.prs.3sg
‘The mosquito can be small.’ (S. D.)
In Northern Mansi, the finite form of substantive verb (ōli) is used as copula (Riese 2001: 61) (1–3), its use, however, is rather limited.