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====Copula==== | ====Copula==== | ||
Rose Island Creole only uses | Rose Island Creole only uses the verb ''ei'' "to be" as an existential ("there is") verb, and only as a copula when the [[#Pro-dropping|pronoun is dropped]]. The existential ''ei'' is conjugated based on tense: ''a'' for present, ''e'' for past and ''o'' for future tense. For example: | ||
: ''A jundo | : ''A jundo ci la.'' | ||
: "There is a dog there." | : "There is a dog there." | ||
(In Esperanto: ''Estas hundo tie.'') | (In Esperanto: ''Estas hundo tie.'') ''ei'' 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.'' | : ''Vetero la adka, ĉelo la blua.'' | ||
: "The weather is warm, the sky is blue." | : "The weather is warm, the sky is blue." | ||
If the tense of the copula wants to be specified, then the inflected copula can be re-inserted, as in: | |||
: ''Vetero la '''e''' adka, ĉelo la '''e''' blua.'' | : ''Vetero la '''e''' adka, ĉelo la '''e''' blua.'' | ||
: "The weather '''was''' warm, the sky '''was''' blue." | : "The weather '''was''' warm, the sky '''was''' blue." | ||
However, this is rare | However, this is generally rare. | ||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
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