(that wasn't his point, but) Just elide the copula, mutatis mutandis. For instance, in BELTABOL[0], an is-y language in lang belta[1], statements are (insofar

(that wasn't his point, but) Just elide the copula, mutatis mutandis. For instance, in BELTABOL[0], an is-y language in lang belta[1], statements are (insofar as possible) in grammatical belter creole, which elides present tense to be. The missing copula is in square brackets in the translation below: Da gcd im fong max,walowda(wok) gcd, it [is] out of max,many(walk) Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezU-F028krU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezU-F028krU [0] https://github.com/demaere-oiie/beltabol https://github.com/demaere-oiie/beltabol [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belter_Creole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belter_Creole Xalte ere gova da Cant!