Re: Existential clauses

Carsten Becker scripsit:

> In the second example, the sentece sounds somehow odd without the "are".
> Here, "to be" is necessary because it's not an auxiliary but a full verb.
> It has a meaning here. Or at least is supposed to be. In Ayeri, you'd thus
> use "to be" here.
Or one can have a verb (as Lojban has) meaning "to be in".

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