Re: Colors as verbsl

Charlie wrote:
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In Senyecan the copulative "ésa," to be, is used is this case.
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That's kind of bizarre.  Why would a language that has all its
base forms as verbs need an overt copula?  Languages that
don't have a lot of base verbs for things like stative adjectives
are exactly the type that *do* need copulas (e.g., English).  If
you wanted everything to be a base verb, it seems like the
last thing you'd need is a copula.

As a note, I think Lojban is base-verbal (is that a word?).
That is, the word for "dog", is really "to be a dog".  Lojban
people want to confirm or deny this?  Also, what about
conjunctions and prepositions?

-David
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