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There are two (non-interchangeable!) ways to say 'X is Y' where X and Y are nouns. (Khmer makes a similar distinction.) | There are two (non-interchangeable!) ways to say 'X is Y' where X and Y are nouns. (Khmer makes a similar distinction.) | ||
#'' | #''X (COP) Y'' - This is used to assert that nouns X and Y refer to the same thing. | ||
#:'''''Ñen a fawl ry ñiþúin awr dy.''''' | #:'''''Ñen a fawl ry ñiþúin awr dy.''''' | ||
#:DEM.DIST DET.SG year REL enter-PRET 3PL in | #:DEM.DIST DET.SG year REL enter-PRET 3PL in | ||
#:That was the year in which they entered. | #:That was the year in which they entered. | ||
#''dyb Y ( | #''X COP dyb Y (PRON)'' (lit. X is in [the set of] all Y's) - This is used to assert that "X is-a Y". | ||
#:''''' | #:'''''Socrátes dyb croð (o), croð dyb paryçtá (o). Ceeda Socrátes dyb paryçta (o).''''' | ||
#: | #:Socrates is_a human (3SG.M), human is_a mortal (3SG.M). therefore Socrates mortal (3SG.M). | ||
#:Socrates is human; humans are mortal. Hence Socrates is mortal. | #:Socrates is human; humans are mortal. Hence Socrates is mortal. | ||
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