"To be" or not "to be"? (was Re: TRANS: something slightlymore deep)

Dan Sulani wrote:
>     My conlang, rtemmu, does not have a "to be" copula.
Oh, I'd also like to add that W *does* have a copula - two in fact.
However, they can only be used to connect nouns, never by itself.

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