Re: EXERCISE: Meanings of to be

> > 2. equivalence: Today is Wednesday.
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>|Mo-| "be".  I don't see much of a difference to 1.
I was nitpicking. The point of this exercise was not to generalize, but if
your lang uses the same word, that's fine.
>4. English use, for creating verb forms: He is walking.
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>That's what we have the liquid aspect for.  It's a verb inflection.
I was positive no one would have a similar verb inflection (in their
conlangs), but I included it besides, because it is an English use of to be,
if not an Obranje one.
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> > 5. Numerical equivalence: One plus one is two.
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>That's just a special case of 2.
In some languages. It seems you're generalizing, or are you just talking
about Obranje? In EO, for example, 5 has its own word: "egalas." The more
common english usage for that sense is also unique: "equals."
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>-- Christian Thalmann
Jake


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