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====Copula==== | |||
Rose Island Creole only uses copula as an existential ("there is") verb. The existential copula is conjugated based on tense: ''a'' for present, ''e'' for past and ''o'' for future tense. For example: | |||
: ''A jundo tia.'' | |||
: "There is a dog there." | |||
(In Esperanto: ''Estas hundo tie.'') Copula is also used to mark the [[w:Participle|passive participle]], as in ''mi levya'' "I am rising" and ''mi '''a''' levya'' "''lit.'' I am being risen; I am being carried upwards". In all other cases, copula is dropped, as in: | |||
: ''Vetero la adka, ĉelo la blua.'' | |||
: "The weather is warm, the sky is blue." | |||
However, if the tense of the copula wants to be specified, then the inflected copula is re-inserted, as in: | |||
: ''Vetero la '''e''' adka, ĉelo la '''e''' blua.'' | |||
: "The weather '''was''' warm, the sky '''was''' blue." | |||
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