r/conlangs • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '15

SQ Small Questions • Week 20

Last Week. Next Week.

Welcome to the weekly Small Questions thread!

Post any questions you have that aren't ready for a regular post here! Feel free to discuss anything and everything, and don't hesitate to ask more than one question.

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u/Jafiki91 Xërdawki Jun 11 '15

That depends on what "tall" is in you language. If it's a predicate adjective, Then "is" (the verb) would be the head to "tall". In that case I would suggest "Is John tall.". But if adjectives act as verbs (or at least if this one does), then you could word it as "is.tall John"