Re: EXERCISE: Meanings of to be

Jake X wrote:
> 1. forming predicate nominative: He IS happy
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> 2. equivalence: Today is Wednesday.
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> 3. existance: To be, or not to be.
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> 4. English use, for creating verb forms: He is walking.
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> 5. Numerical equivalence: One plus one is two.
There's also "member of a set".

Uatakassi has 4 ways of indicating "to be"

1. Klaf: Equivalence.  A = B; "Today is Wednesday" "One plus one is two"
"John is my brother" (only brother)
2. Ian: Token.  A is a B; "John is my brother" (not the only brother);
"John is a human", etc.
3. Sa-: Prefix added to adjectives to make them predicates.  He is
happy.
4. Launi: Location (also "have")

For "to be or not to be", I'd use _klai_ "live/exist", which is also
used for "there is/there are".  "A stone 'lives'" = "There is a stone",
"two suns 'live'" = "there are two suns"

Klaf can be dropped when it is present tense non-punctual.

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