Copula: Difference between revisions

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(Created page with "== If you’re a beginner wondering how to say <i>is</i> == Internalize the following: <blockquote><poem> <b>In Toaq, there is no copula <span style="font-weight:normal"><i>(a word for linking two nouns into a sentence, like the <i>{{orange|am}}</i> in <i>I {{orange|am}} an elephant</i>)</i></span>.</b> You just use verbs. </poem></blockquote> Verbs often come with a builtin <i>is</i>. For example, to say <i>{{orange|I}} {{green|am an elephant}}</i>, you say <blockqu...")
 
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But I ''am'' one of those! [= a kind person]
But I ''am'' one of those! [= a kind person]
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And then {{t|ıq}} works similarly, but with properties.
And then {{t|ıq}} works similarly, but with properties. So for instance, if you wanted to refer to a property as {{t|hú}} or {{t|hụ́la}}, then you’d use {{t|ıq}} to apply it to an object (since it can’t just be turned into a verb).