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: "[I] '''will be''' late." | : "[I] '''will be''' late." | ||
''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: | ''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, | : ''Vetero la adka, cxelo la blwa.'' | ||
: "The weather is warm, the sky is blue." | : "The weather is warm, the sky is blue." | ||
====Existential verb==== | ====Existential verb==== | ||
The existential("there is") verb in Creole is ''pes'', which is also used to mean "to have"(derived from Esperanto ''posedi'' "to possess"). For example: | The existential("there is") verb in Creole is ''pes'', which is also used to mean "to have"(derived from Esperanto ''posedi'' "to possess"). For example: | ||