Re: "to be" or "not to be"

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 06:29, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
> Can you name a few of the languages that do have the negative copula?
I'm thinking of Turkish "var/yok", but that's not really copula --
more like "hay/no hay" or "il y a/il n'y a pas" (i.e. "there is
(t)here/there is not (t)here").

Also used for "have", e.g. "I have no friends" becomes "My friends
are-not-there" while "Do you have a car?" becomes "Does your car
be-there?". (Or something along those lines.)

Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>