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> And it's used where Russian would just omit it. Are there Slavic languages that are more liberal with it? My data point is Bulgarian where you generally can'
by Liquid_Fire 5y ago
> And it's used where Russian would just omit it. Are there Slavic languages that are more liberal with it?
My data point is Bulgarian where you generally can't omit "to be". This may have to do with the fact that Bulgarian has mostly lost its case system?
- kemiller 5y agoYeah and I think that’s also why this conlang uses it. Having an explicit “be” enables simpler grammar and is much easier to learn. Nominative case is sort of an implicit “is a” in context and without cases that falls apart.