Re: Basic vocabulary when starting a conlang

On Aug/31/2002, Philip Newton wrote:

> duplicate. For example, there are a number of languages which need no
> copula (so "I doctor" means "I *am* a doctor"), so "to be" is not
        Ehm ... "copula"? :-m I'm afraid I don't know what it means O:-)
(I know a meaning for "copula", but it's not very linguistic related; or
maybe it is, if you take it in a literal sense as part of the proccess
;-)) Could you elaborate a bit on this, please?

> Again, you can decide what distinctions to make. Will you distinguish between
> formal and informal pronouns for second (and possibly third) person? Will
        Well, that's something that doesn't belong to my question :-) I
just wanted to have a good starting point to think about :-)

        Thanks for your answer :-)

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        Roberto Suarez Soto

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