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Re: EXERCISE: Meanings of to be

From:Jake X <alwaysawake247@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 2, 2002, 21:57
> > 2. equivalence: Today is Wednesday. > >|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. > >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.
> > > 5. Numerical equivalence: One plus one is two. > >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."
> > >-- Christian Thalmann
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