Re: Verb-initial languages
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 16, 2003, 19:59 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: Verb-initial languages
> Joe scripsit:
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> > In Irish, |tá| is the copula, and it goes first.
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> My understanding is that the Irish copula is "is", and that "tá" rather
> asserts predication.
>
Oh yes, so it is...
I must have got my terms mixed up. I can't remember which use of 'to be' is
copula....