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When used predicatively, as yooroang or yoorwang, he is strong, an adjective can be conjugated through all the tenses and moods of an intransitive verb: Present Tense.

From The Gundungurra Language by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

These are used predicatively to denote indefinite value; as,— nūlla studia tantī sunt, no studies are of so much value; magnī opera ejus exīstimāta est, his assistance was highly esteemed.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Here en, ech, on, ex, are apparently the simple personal pronouns I, thou, we, you, and are used predicatively.

From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Any of the above varieties of the Genitive of Quality may be used predicatively; as,— tantae mōlis erat Rōmānam condere gentem, of so great difficulty was it to found the Roman race.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)