Re: Implied verbs

Gary Shannon wrote:

> Do any natlangs make frequent use of implied verbs?
Malay/Indonesian, to some extent-- with preps. of motion or location:

ibu ke/pasar (mother to/market) 'mother is going to the market'
ibu di/pasar (mother at/market) 'mother is at the market'

The second is especially common, there being no good equivalent of "to be"
(ada ~adalah are quite formal).

and the very common greeting--
Mau (or, kau) kemana? (want [you] to/where) 'where are you going?'

but not quite in the way your examples work, I think.

I don't know if this is valid or not-- it strikes me as perhaps
"literary/poetic"--
dari hutan, tiga singa 'from the forest, (came) 3 lions'