Barry Garcia wrote:
>
> grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com writes:
> > That's a good idea! I was toying the idea of surrounding particles
> >for
> >subordination. I could use something like this to mark an "abnormal"
> >word order (like "I who am Filipino" to take your own example).
>
> Another thing i forgot to say, Tagalog doesnt use "to be" either. To state
> condition, an adjective is placed before a pronoun or noun. That's one
> thing i have been toying with for my second conlang, although without it,
> you have to come up with other ways to say things like "i was sick" or "i
> am getting sick" (they use adverbs of time for that: Masakit ako kahapon -
> i was sick yesterday).
>
I'm surely going to use such thing like this. That wouldn't be the
first time I make a language without copula (but then it is not
different from what I already made... well keep on it! After all, it's
my personal language and I do what I want with it :) ).
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