tense, as in (literally: 'She beautiful'), the same happening with colloquial Brazilian Portuguese, as in (literally: 'ironic, those [guys]'), though never with the adjective coming after the subject as usual in Romance languages. In English the copula is sometimes omitted in some nonstandard dialects. See also Empty string Zero consonant Silent letter Zero-marking in English Zero-marking language References External links What is a zero?, SIL Glossary of linguistic terms Linguistic morphology Syntax