"two be"

Clint Jackson Baker wrote:
>I always feel like there should be a more active verb
>than "to be", but not quite "to do".  What I mean is,
>when you have something which is essential to your
>being but which is only expressed in action.  I often
>find myself butchering English trying to say things
>like, "It's not something you do, but something you
>be."  To say "you are" sounds too passive for my
>meaning.  So, guess what?  I'll have two "to be"'s in
>my conlang.  Understand that these root words in my
>language are common and will get a lot of working
>out--future posts will show my developing grammar a
>little better.
>
>How to use this?  To cover things like the difference
>between:
>I wait tables (to cover the bills), but I'm (really)
>an actor.  ("regular to be" before, but "active to be"
>after.)

Hah! Good. so--
(active to be?)  "I'm not a doctor, but....
(regular to be?)    I play (am) one on TV"

Or vice-versa?

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