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Date: Fri Jan 7 23:47:17 2011 -0500
Chapter 7 s and conversion to s. Invented =
for cmavo lists.
=20
The tag wraps the name of the series (not the selmaho) that th=
e cmavo belongs to, e.g.
mi
KOhA
mi-series
I, me
diff --git a/todocbook/7.xml b/todocbook/7.xml
index bc61b3f..1ee52d3 100644
--- a/todocbook/7.xml
+++ b/todocbook/7.xml
@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@
and
John picked up a stick and shook a stick.
- does not imply that the two=
sticks are necessarily the same, whereas=20
+ does not imply that the t=
wo sticks are necessarily the same, whereas=20
requires that they are.
GOhA selma'o<=
/primary> KO=
hA selma'o pro-sumtiseries pro-sumticompare=
d to pro-bridi as means of abbreviation pro-bridicompared =
to pro-sumti as means of abbreviation pro-brididefinition<=
/secondary> pro-=
sumtidefinition pro-sumticompared to =
pronouns in usage as abbreviations pronounscompared to pro=
-sumti in usage as abbreviations In Lojban, we have=
sumti rather than nouns, so our equivalent of pronouns are called by the h=
ybrid term=20
=20
pro-sumti
. A purely Lojban term would be=20
sumti cmavo: all of the pro-sumti are cmavo bel=
onging to selma'o KOhA. In exactly the same way, Lojban has a group of cmav=
o (belonging to selma'o GOhA) which serve as selbri or full bridi. These ma=
y be called=20
pro-bridi
or=20
bridi cmavo. This chapter explains the uses of =
all the members of selma'o KOhA and GOhA. They fall into a number of groups=
, known as series: thus, in selma'o KOhA, we have among others the mi-serie=
s, the ko'a-series, the da-series, and so on. In each section, a series of =
pro-sumti is explained, and if there is a corresponding series of pro-bridi=
, it is explained and contrasted. Many pro-sumti series don't have pro-brid=
i analogues, however.
antecedent of pro=
-brididefinition referent of pro-brididefinition <=
primary>antecedent of pro-sumtidefinition<=
/indexterm> referent of pro-=
sumtidefinition A few technica=
l terms: The term=20
=20
referent
means the thing to which a pro-sumti (by exten=
sion, a pro-bridi) refers. If the speaker of a sentence is James, then the =
referent of the word=20
@@ -56,33 +56,64 @@
the antecedent of=20
himself
is=20
John
; not the person, but a piece of text (a name, in t=
his case). John, the person, would be the referent of=20
himself
. Not all pro-sumti or pro-bridi have antecedent=
s, but all of them have referents.
Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
The following cmavo are discussed in this section:
-
- mi KOhA mi-series I, me=20
-
- do KOhA mi-series you
- mi'o KOhA mi-series you and I
- mi'a KOhA mi-series I and others, we but not you
-
- ma'a KOhA mi-series you and I and others
-
- do'o KOhA mi-series you and others
-
- ko KOhA mi-series you-imperative
-
+
+
+ mi
+ KOhA
+ mi-series
+ I, me
+
+
+ do
+ KOhA
+ mi-series
+ you
+
+
+ mi'o
+ KOhA
+ mi-series
+ you and I
+
+
+ mi'a
+ KOhA
+ mi-series
+ I and others, we but not you
+
+
+ ma'a
+ KOhA
+ mi-series
+ you and I and others
+
+
+ do'o
+ KOhA
+ mi-series
+ you and others
+
+
+ ko
+ KOhA
+ mi-series
+ you-imperative
+
+
do mi foreman of a juryexample personal pronounswith mi-series for I/you pro-sumti=
primary>for listener(s) pro-sumtifor speaker(s)=
pro=
-sumtimi-series mi-seriesof pro-sumti=
The mi-series of pro-sumti refer to the speaker, t=
he listener, and others in various combinations.=20
mi refers to the speaker and perhaps others for=
whom the speaker speaks; it may be a Lojbanic mass.=20
do refers to the listener or listeners. Neither=
=20
mi nor=20
do is specific about the number of persons refe=
rred to; for example, the foreman of a jury may refer to the members of the=
jury as=20
=20
mi, since in speaking officially he represents =
all of them.
COI selma'o=
primary> mi'=
e COI =
selma'oeffect on referent of "do" COI selma'o
effect on referent of "mi" The referents of=20
mi and=20
do are usually obvious from the context, but ma=
y be assigned by the vocative words of selma'o COI, explained in=20
@@ -146,42 +177,41 @@
=20
We're going to the store.
Does this include the listener or not? There's no way to be sure=
.
- ko<=
/indexterm> kouse for commands kouse for imperatives<=
/indexterm> imperativeswith ko commandswith ko Finally, the cmavo=20
+ kouse for commands kouse for imperatives imperativeswith ko commandswith ko Finally, the cmavo=20
ko is logically equivalent to=20
do; its referent is the listener. However, its =
use alters an assertion about the listener into a command to the listener t=
o make the assertion true:
do klama le zarci
- You go to-the store.
+ You go to-the store.
becomes:
ko klama le zarci
You [imperative] go to-the store.
- Make=20
- you go to the store
true!
+ Make you go to the store
true!
Go to the store!
koin later selbri place in imperative imperativesEngli=
sh contrasted with Lojban in presence of subject of command In English, the subject of a command is omitted, but in Lojban, th=
e word=20
ko must be used. However,=20
ko does not have to appear in the x1 place:
@@ -209,26 +239,40 @@
Be such that the person who loves you is seen by me!
Show me the person who loves you!
mi-series pro-sum=
tilack of pro-bridi equivalent=
As mentioned in=20
, some pro-sumti series have c=
orresponding pro-bridi series. However, there is no equivalent of the mi-se=
ries among pro-bridi, since a person isn't a relationship.
Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
The following cmavo are discussed in this section:
-
- ti KOhA ti-series this here, a nearby object=20
-
- ta KOhA ti-series that there, a medium-distant object
- tu KOhA ti-series that yonder, a far-distant object
-
+
+
+ ti
+ KOhA
+ ti-series
+ this here, a nearby object
+
+
+ ta
+ KOhA
+ ti-series
+ that there, a medium-distant object
+
+
+ tu
+ KOhA
+ ti-series
+ that yonder, a far-distant object
+
+
tu<=
/indexterm> ta=
ti pro-sumtiti-series ti-series pro-sumtias pointing r=
eferents only this/that in Englishcompared with ti-series =
pro-sumti ti-series pro-sumticompared with English this/th=
at d=
emonstrative pro-sumti pointingreference by It is often useful to refer to things by pointing to them or by som=
e related non-linguistic mechanism. In English, the words=20
this
and=20
that
serve this function among others:=20
this
refers to something pointed at that is near the sp=
eaker, and=20
that
refers to something further away. The Lojban pro-s=
umti of the ti-series serve the same functions, but more narrowly. The cmav=
o=20
ti,=20
ta, and=20
tu provide only the pointing function of=20
this
and=20
that
; they are not used to refer to things that cannot =
be pointed at.
@@ -253,21 +297,21 @@
this boat
. The latter is not represented in Lojban by=
=20
=20
ti:
this boat<=
secondary>example
le ti bloti
- the this boat
+ the this boat
=20
thisadjective expression with vi vias adjective express=
ion for English this does not mean=20
this boat
but rather=20
=20
this one's boat
,=20
the boat associated with this thing
, as explained in=20
. A correct Lojban transla=
tion of=20
is
@@ -284,68 +328,107 @@
using a spatial tense before the selbri=20
bloti to express that the boat is near the spea=
ker. (Tenses are explained in full in=20
.) Another correct translation=
would be:
ti noi bloti
=20
- this-thing which-incidentally is-a-boat
+ this-thing which-incidentally is-a-boat
ti-series pro-sum=
tilack of pro-bridi equivalent=
thisad=
jective expression with ti noi ti noias adjective expressi=
on for this There are no demonstrative pro-bridi to=
correspond to the ti-series: you can't point to a relationship.
Utterance pro-sumti: the di'u-series
The following cmavo are discussed in this section:
-
- di'u KOhA di'u-series the previous utterance=20
-
- de'u KOhA di'u-series an earlier utterance
+
+
+ di'u
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ the previous utterance
+
+
+ de'u
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ an earlier utterance
+
=20
- da'u KOhA di'u-series a much earlier utterance
+
+ da'u
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ a much earlier utterance
+
=20
- di'e KOhA di'u-series the next utterance
+
+ di'e
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ the next utterance
+
=20
- de'e KOhA di'u-series a later utterance
+
+ de'e
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ a later utterance
+
=20
- da'e KOhA di'u-series a much later utterance
+
+ da'e
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ a much later utterance
+
=20
- dei KOhA di'u-series this very utterance
- do'i KOhA di'u-series some utterance
-
+
+ dei
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ this very utterance
+
+
+ do'i
+ KOhA
+ di'u-series
+ some utterance
+
+
pro-sumtidi'u-series thisas utterance reference in Eng=
lish di'u-series pro-sumti utterance pro-sumti (see also di'u-series pro-sumti) pro-sumti f=
or utterances The cmavo of the di'u-series enable us =
to talk about things that have been, are being, or will be said. In English=
, it is normal to use=20
this
and=20
that
for this (indeed, the immediately preceding=20
this
is an example of such a usage):
-
+
-
- You don't like cats.
+
+ You don't like cats.
That is untrue.
-
+
Here=20
that
does not refer to something that can be pointed to=
, but to the preceding sentence=20
You don't like cats
. In Lojban, therefore,=20
is rendered:
do na nelci loi mlatu .i di'u jitfa jufra
- You (Not!) like the-mass-of cats. The-previous-utterance is-a-=
false-sentence.
+ You (Not!) like the-mass-of cats. The-previous-utterance is=
-a-false-sentence.
ti-series pro-sum=
ticontrasted with di'u-series pro-sumti di'ucontrasted with ta tacontrasted with di'u Using=20
ta instead of=20
di'u would cause the listener to look around to=
see what the speaker of the second sentence was physically pointing to.
da'u de'u di'u As with=20
ti,=20
ta, and=20
tu, the cmavo of the di'u-series come in threes=
: a close utterance, a medium-distance utterance, and a distant utterance, =
either in the past or in the future. It turned out to be impossible to use =
the=20
i/=20
@@ -369,22 +452,22 @@
la saimn. cusku di'e
=20
Simon expresses the-following-utterance.
Simon says:
=20
- would typically be followed=
by a quotation. Note that although presumably the quotation is of somethin=
g Simon has said in the past, the quotation utterance itself would appear a=
fter=20
- , and so=20
+ would typically be follow=
ed by a quotation. Note that although presumably the quotation is of someth=
ing Simon has said in the past, the quotation utterance itself would appear=
after=20
+ , and so=20
di'e is appropriate.
=20
do'i dei The remaining two cmavo,=20
dei and=20
do'i, refer respectively to the very utterance =
that the speaker is uttering, and to some vague or unspecified utterance ut=
tered by someone at some time:
@@ -441,59 +524,140 @@
I love Jane. And I like the-last-utterance.
says that the speaker likes one of his own sentences.
There are no pro-bridi corresponding to the di'u-series.
Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the bro=
da-series
The following cmavo and gismu are discussed in this section:
=20
-
- ko'a KOhA ko'a-series it-1=20
-
- ko'e KOhA ko'a-series it-2
- ko'i KOhA ko'a-series it-3
- ko'o KOhA ko'a-series it-4
- ko'u KOhA ko'a-series it-5
- fo'a KOhA ko'a-series it-6
+
+
+ ko'a
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-1
+
+
+ ko'e
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-2
+
+
+ ko'i
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-3
+
+
+ ko'o
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-4
+
+
+ ko'u
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-5
+
+
+ fo'a
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-6
+
=20
- fo'e KOhA ko'a-series it-7
- fo'i KOhA ko'a-series it-8
- fo'o KOhA ko'a-series it-9
- fo'u KOhA ko'a-series it-10
- broda BRIVLA broda-series is-thing-1
- brode BRIVLA broda-series is-thing-2
- brodi BRIVLA broda-series is-thing-3
- brodo BRIVLA broda-series is-thing-4
- brodu BRIVLA broda-series is-thing-5
- goi GOI pro-sumti assignment
+
+ fo'e
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-7
+
+
+ fo'i
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-8
+
+
+ fo'o
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-9
+
+
+ fo'u
+ KOhA
+ ko'a-series
+ it-10
+
+
+ broda
+ BRIVLA
+ broda-series
+ is-thing-1
+
+
+ brode
+ BRIVLA
+ broda-series
+ is-thing-2
+
+
+ brodi
+ BRIVLA
+ broda-series
+ is-thing-3
+
+
+ brodo
+ BRIVLA
+ broda-series
+ is-thing-4
+
+
+ brodu
+ BRIVLA
+ broda-series
+ is-thing-5
+
+
+ goi
+ GOI
+ pro-sumti assignment
+
=20
- cei CEI pro-bridi assignment
+
+ cei
+ CEI
+ pro-bridi assignment
+
=20
-
+
ko'a-series pro-s=
umti p=
ro-sumtiko'a-series personal pronouns=
with ko'a-series for he/she/it/they The discussion =
of personal pro-sumti in=20
=20
may have seemed incomplete. In E=
nglish, the personal pronouns include not only=20
=20
I
and=20
you
but also=20
he
,=20
she
,=20
it
, and=20
they
. Lojban does have equivalents of this latter group=
: in fact, it has more of them than English does. However, they are organiz=
ed and used very differently.
ko'a-series pro-s=
umtias assignable personal pronouns for he/she/it/theyEnglish contrasted with Lojban in organization=
There are ten cmavo in the ko'a-series, and they may be assign=
ed freely to any sumti whatsoever. The English word=20
he
can refer only to males,=20
she
only to females (and ships and a few other things),=
=20
it
only to inanimate things, and=20
they
only to plurals; the cmavo of the ko'a-series have=
no restrictions at all. Therefore, it is almost impossible to guess from t=
he context what ko'a-series cmavo might refer to if they are just used free=
ly:
- ko'a FIXME: TAG SPOT
la .alis. klama le zarci .i ko'a blanu
Alice goes-to the store. It-1 is-blue.
The English gloss=20
@@ -504,78 +668,71 @@
la .alis. is just as likely an antecedent, in w=
hich case=20
means that Alice, not the s=
tore, is blue.
goi=
ko'a-series pro=
-sumtiassigning with goi To av=
oid this pitfall, Lojban employs special syntax, using the cmavo=20
goi:
la .alis. klama le zarci .i ko'a goi la .alis. cu blanu
- Alice goes-to the store. It-1, also-known-as Alice, is-blue.=
en>
+ Alice goes-to the store. It-1, also-known-as Alice, is-blue=
.
ko'a-series pro-s=
umtiassignment with goi as symmetrical Syntactically,=20
goi la .alis. is a relative phrase (relative ph=
rases are explained in=20
). Semantically, it says t=
hat=20
ko'a and=20
la .alis. refer to the same thing, and furtherm=
ore that this is true because=20
ko'a is being defined as meaning=20
la .alis.. It is equally correct to say:
la .alis. klama le zarci .i la .alis. goi ko'a cu blanu
- Alice goes-to the store. Alice, also-known-as it-1, is-blue.=
en>
+ Alice goes-to the store. Alice, also-known-as it-1, is-blue=
.
ge'u in other words,=20
goi is symmetrical. There is a terminator,=20
ge'u (of selma'o GEhU), which is almost always =
elidable. The details are in=20
.
goi assignment of=
ko'a-series pro-sumtiuse in speech contrasted with wr=
iting The afterthought form of=20
goi shown in=20
and=20
is probably most common in =
speech, where we do not know until part way through our utterance that we w=
ill want to refer to Alice again. In writing, though,=20
ko'a may be assigned at the point where Alice i=
s first mentioned. An example of this forethought form of=20
goi is:
la .alis. goi ko'a klama le zarci .i ko'a cu blanu
- Alice, also-known-as it-1, goes-to the store. It-1 is-blue.
+ Alice, also-known-as it-1, goes-to the store. It-1 is-blue.=
hereafter known asexamp=
le
- ra KOhA ri-series (repeats previous sumti)
- ru KOhA ri-series (repeats long-ago sumti)
+
+
+ ri
+ KOhA
+ ri-series
+ (repeats last sumti)
+
+
+ ra
+ KOhA
+ ri-series
+ (repeats previous sumti)
+
+
+ ru
+ KOhA
+ ri-series
+ (repeats long-ago sumti)
+
=20
- go'i GOhA go'i-series (repeats last bridi)
- go'a GOhA go'i-series (repeats previous bridi)
+
+ go'i
+ GOhA
+ go'i-series
+ (repeats last bridi)
+
+
+ go'a
+ GOhA
+ go'i-series
+ (repeats previous bridi)
+
=20
- go'u GOhA go'i-series (repeats long-ago bridi)
+
+ go'u
+ GOhA
+ go'i-series
+ (repeats long-ago bridi)
+
=20
- go'e GOhA go'i-series (repeats last-but-one bridi)
+
+ go'e
+ GOhA
+ go'i-series
+ (repeats last-but-one bridi)
+
=20
- go'o GOhA go'i-series (repeats future bridi)
+
+ go'o
+ GOhA
+ go'i-series
+ (repeats future bridi)
+
=20
- nei GOhA go'i-series (repeats current bridi)
+
+ nei
+ GOhA
+ go'i-series
+ (repeats current bridi)
+
=20
- no'a GOhA go'i-series (repeats outer bridi)
+
+ no'a
+ GOhA
+ go'i-series
+ (repeats outer bridi)
+
=20
=20
- ra'o RAhO pro-cmavo update
-
+
+ ra'o
+ RAhO
+ pro-cmavo update
+
+
The term=20
anaphora
literally means=20
=20
repetition
, but is used in linguistics to refer to pron=
ouns whose significance is the repetition of earlier words, namely their an=
tecedents. Lojban provides three pro-sumti anaphora,=20
=20
ri,=20
ra, and=20
ru; and three corresponding pro-bridi anaphora,=
=20
=20
go'i,=20
@@ -765,24 +975,22 @@
ri, which has as antecedent=20
le tricu. All three refer to the same thing: a =
tree.
To refer to the next-to-last sumti, the third-from-last sumti, a=
nd so on,=20
ri may be subscripted (subscripts are explained=
in=20
):
- lo smuci .i lo forca .i la rik. pilno rixire
- .i la .alis. pilno riximu
- A spoon. A fork. Rick uses [repeat next-to-last].
- Alice uses [repeat fifth-from-last].
+ lo smuci .i lo forca .i la rik. pilno rixire .i la .alis. pil=
no riximu
+ A spoon. A fork. Rick uses [repeat next-to-last]. Alice use=
s [repeat fifth-from-last].
Here=20
rixire, or=20
ri-sub-2
, skips=20
la rik. to reach=20
lo forca. In the same way,=20
riximu, or=20
ri-sub-5
, skips=20
la .alis.,=20
@@ -803,24 +1011,22 @@
ri has not been used, then=20
ra might be the last sumti. Likewise, if=20
ra has been used, then any use of=20
ru would repeat a sumti earlier than the one=20
ra is repeating. A more reasonable version of E=
xample 6.5, but one that depends more on context, is:
- lo smuci .i lo forca .i la rik. pilno ra
- .i la .alis. pilno ru
- A spoon. A fork. Rick uses [some previous thing].
- Alice uses [some more remote thing].
+ lo smuci .i lo forca .i la rik. pilno ra .i la .alis. pilno r=
u
+ A spoon. A fork. Rick uses [some previous thing]. Alice use=
s [some more remote thing].
In=20
, the use of=20
ra tells us that something other than=20
la rik. is the antecedent;=20
lo forca is the nearest sumti, so it is probabl=
y the antecedent. Similarly, the antecedent of=20
ru must be something even further back in the u=
tterance than=20
lo forca, and=20
lo smuci is the obvious candidate.
@@ -831,21 +1037,21 @@
ri,=20
ra, or=20
ru, use=20
goi and a ko'a-series cmavo:
la .alis. klama le zarci .i ri goi ko'a blanu
- Alice goes-to the store. It-last-mentioned also-known-as it-1 =
is-blue.
+ Alice goes-to the store. It-last-mentioned also-known-as it=
-1 is-blue.
allows the store to be referred to henceforth as=20
ko'a without ambiguity.=20
is equivalent to=20
and eliminates any possibil=
ity of=20
ko'a being interpreted by the listener as refer=
ring to Alice.
go'u go'a answersgo'i for yes/no questions questionsanswer=
ing with go'i go'ias affirmative answer to yes/no question=
go'=
i-series pro-bridieffect of sumti of referent bridi on=
go'=
i-series pro-bridias main-bridi anaphora only go'i-series =
pro-bridieffect of sub-clauses on go'i-series pro-bridireferent of go'i-series pro-bridicompare=
d with ri-series pro-sumti in rules of reference <=
indexterm type=3D"general-imported">go'i-series pro-bridi ri-series pro-=
sumti =
anaphorapro-bridi go'i-series as anaphorapro-sumti ri-series as pronounsas anaphora=
anaphoradefinition The cmavo=20
go'i,=20
go'a, and=20
@@ -887,73 +1093,61 @@
go'e go'ixire=
primary> The remaining four cmavo of the go'i-series are provid=
ed for convenience or for achieving special effects. The cmavo=20
go'e means the same as=20
=20
go'ixire: it repeats the last bridi but one. Th=
is is useful in conversation:
=20
- A: mi ba klama le zarci
- B: mi nelci le si'o mi go'i
- A: do go'e
+ A: mi ba klama le zarci B: mi nelci le si'o mi go'i A: do go'=
e
=20
- A: I [future] go-to the store.
- B: I like the concept-of I [repeat last bridi].
- A: You [repeat last bridi but one].
- A: I am going to the store.
- B: I like the idea of my going.
- A: You'll go, too.
+ A: I [future] go-to the store. B: I like the concept-of I [=
repeat last bridi]. A: You [repeat last bridi but one].
+ A: I am going to the store. B: I like the idea of my going. A:=
You'll go, too.
Here B's sentence repeats A's within an abstraction (explained i=
n Chapter 11):=20
le si'o mi go'i means=20
le si'o mi klama le zarci. Why must B use the w=
ord=20
mi explicitly to replace the x1 of=20
mi klama le zarci, even though it looks like=20
mi is replacing=20
mi? Because B's=20
mi refers to B, whereas A's=20
mi refers to A. If B said:
mi nelci le si'o go'i
that would mean:
-
- I like the idea of your going to the store.
-
+ I like the idea of your going to the store.
The repetition signalled by=20
go'i is not literally of words, but of concepts=
. Finally, A repeats her own sentence, but with the x1 changed to=20
do, meaning B. Note that in=20
, the tense=20
ba (future time) is carried along by both=20
go'i and=20
go'e.
=20
Descriptions based on go'i-series cmavo can be very useful for r=
epeating specific sumti of previous bridi:
-FIXME: TAG SPOT
- le xekri mlatu cu klama le zarci
- .i le go'i cu cadzu le bisli
- The black cat goes-to the store.
- =20
- That-described-as-the-x1-place-of [repeat last bridi] walks=
-on the ice.
+ le xekri mlatu cu klama le zarci .i le go'i cu cadzu le bisli=
+ The black cat goes-to the store. That-described-as-the-x1-p=
lace-of [repeat last bridi] walks-on the ice.
The black cat goes to the store. It walks on the ice.
=20
Here the=20
go'i repeats=20
le xekri mlatu cu klama le zarci, and since=20
le makes the x1 place into a description, and t=
he x1 place of this bridi is=20
le xekri mlatu,=20
le go'i means=20
@@ -965,52 +1159,42 @@
=20
no'a have been little used so far. They repeat =
respectively some future bridi, the current bridi, and the bridi that enclo=
ses the current bridi (=20
=20
no'a, unlike the other members of the go'i- ser=
ies, can repeat non-sentence bridi). Here are a few examples:
=20
- mi nupre le nu mi go'o
- =20
- .i ba dunda le djini le bersa
- .i ba dunda le zdani le tixnu
- I promise the event-of I [repeat future bridi]
- [Future] give the money to-the son
- [Future] give the house to-the daughter
- I promise to do the following:
- Give the money to my son.
- Give the house to my daughter.
+ mi nupre le nu mi go'o .i ba dunda le djini le bersa .i ba du=
nda le zdani le tixnu
+ I promise the event-of I [repeat future bridi] [Future] giv=
e the money to-the son [Future] give the house to-the daughter
+ I promise to do the following: Give the money to my son. Give =
the house to my daughter.
(Note: The Lojban does not contain an equivalent of the=20
my in the colloquial English; it leaves the fac=
t that it is the speaker's son and daughter that are referred to implicit. =
To make the fact explicit, use=20
- le bersa/tixnu be mi
.)
+ le bersa/tixnu be mi.)=
para>
For good examples of=20
nei and=20
=20
no'a, we need nested bridi contexts:
=20
- mi se pluka le nu do pensi
- le nu nei kei pu le nu do zukte
+ mi se pluka le nu do pensi le nu nei kei pu le nu do zukte
=20
- I am-pleased-by the event-of (you think-about
- (the event-of [main bridi]) before the-event of (your actin=
g).
- I am pleased that you thought about whether I
- would be pleased (about ...) before you acted.
+ I am-pleased-by the event-of (you think-about (the event-of=
[main bridi]) before the-event of (your acting).
+ I am pleased that you thought about whether I would be pleased=
(about ...) before you acted.
mi ba klama ca le nu do no'a
=20
I [future] go [present] the event-of you [repeats outer bri=
di]
@@ -1062,124 +1246,134 @@
=20
go'i-series pro-b=
ridiin quotation series ri-series pro-sumtiin quotation series However, a=20
ri-series or=20
go'a-series reference within a quotation can re=
fer to something mentioned in an earlier quotation if the two quotations ar=
e closely related in time and context. This allows a quotation to be broken=
up by narrative material without interfering with the pro-sumti within it.=
Here's an example:
=20
- la djan. cusku lu mi klama le zarci li'u
- .i la .alis. cusku lu mi go'i li'u
- John says [quote] I go-to the store [unquote].
- Alice says [quote] I [repeat] [unquote].
- John says,=20
- I am going to the store.
- Alice says,=20
- Me too.
+ la djan. cusku lu mi klama le zarci li'u .i la .alis. cusku l=
u mi go'i li'u
+ John says [quote] I go-to the store [unquote]. Alice says [=
quote] I [repeat] [unquote].
+ John says, I am going to the store.
Alice says,=
Me too.
go'i-series pro-b=
ridiin narrative about quotation ri-series pro-sumtiin narrative about quotation Of cour=
se, there is no problem with narrative material referring to something with=
in a quotation: people who quote, unlike people who are quoted, are aware o=
f what they are doing.
Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'=
e-series
=20
=20
The following cmavo are discussed in this section:
-
- zo'e KOhA zo'e-series the obvious value
+
+
+ zo'e
+ KOhA
+ zo'e-series
+ the obvious value
+
=20
- zu'i KOhA zo'e-series the typical value
+
+ zu'i
+ KOhA
+ zo'e-series
+ the typical value
+
=20
=20
=20
- zi'o KOhA zo'e-series the nonexistent value
+
+ zi'o
+ KOhA
+ zo'e-series
+ the nonexistent value
+
=20
=20
- co'e GOhA co'e-series has the obvious relationship
+
+ co'e
+ GOhA
+ co'e-series
+ has the obvious relationship
+
=20
-
+
zo'e typical value<=
/primary>contrasted with elliptical value for sumti<=
/indexterm> elliptical value=
contrasted with typical value for sumti elliptical sumti=
primary> zo'eas place-holder for sumti elliptical pro-bridi indefinite pro-bridi=
pro-s=
umtiunspecified elliptical pro-sumti=
indefinite pro-sumti co'e-series =
pro-bridi zo'e-series pro-sumti The cmavo of the zo'e-serie=
s represent indefinite, unspecified sumti. The cmavo=20
=20
=20
zo'e represents an elliptical value for this su=
mti place; it is the optional spoken place holder when a sumti is skipped w=
ithout being specified. Note that the elliptical value is not always the ty=
pical value. The properties of ellipsis lead to an elliptical sumti being d=
efined as=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
whatever I want it to mean but haven't bothered to figure out, =
or figure out how to express
.
zu'i typical sumti<=
/primary> pro-su=
mtitypical The cmavo=20
zu'i, on the other hand, represents the typical=
value for this place of this bridi:
=20
=20
- mi klama le bartu be le zdani le nenri be le zdani
- zu'i zu'i
- =20
- I go to-the outside of the house from-the inside of the hou=
se
- [by-typical-route] [by-typical-means]
+ mi klama le bartu be le zdani le nenri be le zdani zu'i zu'i<=
/jbo>
+ I go to-the outside of the house from-the inside of the hou=
se [by-typical-route] [by-typical-means]
In=20
, the first=20
zu'i probably means something like=20
=20
by the door
, and the second=20
zu'i probably means something like=20
=20
on foot
, those being the typical route and means for le=
aving a house. On the other hand, if you are at the top of a high rise duri=
ng a fire, neither=20
zu'i is appropriate. It's also common to use=20
=20
zu'i in=20
=20
by standard
places.
irrelevantspecifying of sumti place sumtiirrelevant to=
relationship zi'o Finally, the cmavo=20
zi'o represents a value which does not even exi=
st. When a bridi fills one of its places with=20
zi'o, what is really meant is that the selbri h=
as a place which is irrelevant to the true relationship the speaker wishes =
to express. For example, the place structure of=20
=20
zbasu is
-
- zbasu: actor x1 makes x2 from materials x3
-
+ zbasu: actor x1 makes x2 from materials x3
living thingsexample Consider the sentence
- Living things are made from cells. =
+ Living things are made from cells. =
This cannot be correctly expressed as:
loi jmive cu se zbasu [zo'e] fi loi selci
- The-mass-of living-things is-made [by-something] from the-mass=
-of cells
+ The-mass-of living-things is-made [by-something] from the-m=
ass-of cells
because the=20
zo'e, expressed or understood, in=20
indicates that there is sti=
ll a=20
maker
in this relationship. We do not generally suppose=
, however, that someone=20
makes
living things from cells. The best answer is prob=
ably to find a different selbri, one which does not imply a=20
=20
maker
: however, an alternative strategy is to use=20
zi'o to eliminate the maker place:
loi jmive cu se zbasu zi'o loi selci
- The-mass-of living-things is-made [without-maker] from the-mas=
s-of cells.
+ The-mass-of living-things is-made [without-maker] from the-=
mass-of cells.
zi'oas creating new selbri Note: The use of=20
zi'o to block up, as it were, one place of a se=
lbri actually creates a new selbri with a different place structure. Consid=
er the following examples:
mi zbasu le dinju loi mudri
@@ -1250,34 +1444,68 @@
) also belongs to the same grou=
p of cmavo.
zo'e-seriescompared with do'i as indefinite pro-sumti do'icompared with zo'e-series as indefinite pro-sumti Note that=20
do'i, of the di'u-series, is also a kind of ind=
efinite pro-sumti: it is indefinite in referent, but is restricted to refer=
ring only to an utterance.
=20
Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
=20
=20
The following cmavo are discussed in this section:
-
- vo'a KOhA vo'a-series x1 of this bridi=20
-
- vo'e KOhA vo'a-series x2 of this bridi
- vo'i KOhA vo'a-series x3 of this bridi
- vo'o KOhA vo'a-series x4 of this bridi
- vo'u KOhA vo'a-series x5 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'a
+ KOhA
+ vo'a-series
+ x1 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'e
+ KOhA
+ vo'a-series
+ x2 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'i
+ KOhA
+ vo'a-series
+ x3 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'o
+ KOhA
+ vo'a-series
+ x4 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'u
+ KOhA
+ vo'a-series
+ x5 of this bridi
+
=20
- soi SOI reciprocity
+
+ soi
+ SOI
+
+ reciprocity
+
=20
=20
=20
- se'u SEhU soi terminator
-
+
+ se'u
+ SEhU
+
+ soi terminator
+
+
reciprocal pro-su=
mti re=
flexive pro-sumti pro-sumtireferring to place of same bridi =
with vo'a-series pro-sumtivo'a-series anaphorapro-sumti vo'a-series as The cmavo of the vo'a=
-series are pro-sumti anaphora, like those of the ri-series, but have a spe=
cific function. These cmavo refer to the other places of the same bridi; th=
e five of them represent up to five places. The same vo'a-series cmavo mean=
different things in different bridi. Some examples:
=20
wash self<=
secondary>example
mi lumci vo'a
I wash myself
@@ -1320,56 +1548,50 @@
vo'a) and the x2 (specified by=20
vo'e) places are interchanged. If only a single=
sumti follows=20
soi, then the sumti immediately preceding=20
soi is understood to be one of those involved:<=
/para>
mi prami do soi vo'a
- I love you [reciprocity] [x1 of this bridi].
- =20
- =20
+ I love you [reciprocity] [x1 of this bridi]. =
=20
again involves the x1 and x2 places.
soiuse in expressing reciprocity reciprocityexpressing=
with soi Of course, other places can be involved, =
and other sumti may be used in place of vo'a-series cmavo, provided those o=
ther sumti can be reasonably understood as referring to the same things men=
tioned in the bridi proper. Here are several examples that mean the same th=
ing:
- mi bajykla ti ta soi vo'e
- mi bajykla ti ta soi vo'e vo'i
- soi vo'e vo'i mi bajykla ti ta
- I runningly-go to this from that and vice versa (to that from =
this).
+ mi bajykla ti ta soi vo'e mi bajykla ti ta soi vo'e vo'i soi =
vo'e vo'i mi bajykla ti ta
+ I runningly-go to this from that and vice versa (to that fr=
om this).
SEhU selma'o<=
/primary> se=
'u se'=
uelidability considerations <=
indexterm type=3D"general-imported">se'uas el=
idable terminator for soi The elidable terminator f=
or=20
soi is=20
se'u (selma'o SEhU), which is normally needed o=
nly if there is just one sumti after the=20
soi, and the=20
soi construction is not at the end of the bridi=
. Constructions using=20
soi are free modifiers, and as such can go almo=
st anywhere. Here is an example where=20
=20
se'u is required:
mi bajykla ti soi vo'i se'u ta
I runningly-go to-this [reciprocity] [x3 of this bridi] fro=
m-that
- =20
- =20
- I runningly-go to this from that and vice versa.
+ I run to this from that and vice versa.
sumti and bridi questions:=20
=20
ma and=20
mo
The following cmavo are discussed in this section:
@@ -1401,22 +1623,22 @@
mo<=
/indexterm> go'icompared with mo in overriding of arguments mocom=
pared with go'i in overriding of arguments questionsselbri=
mo<=
/primary>as selbri question The cmavo=20
mo, on the other hand, asks for a selbri which =
makes the question bridi true. If the answer is a full bridi, then the argu=
ments of the answer override the arguments in the question, in the same man=
ner as the go'i-series cmavo. A simple example is:
do mo
What predicate is true as applied to you?
- How are you?
- What are you doing?
+ How are you?
+ What are you doing?
What are you?
is a truly pregnant questio=
n that will have several meanings depending on context.
(One thing it probably does not mean is=20
Who are you?
in the sense=20
What is your name/identity?
, which is better expressed =
by:
@@ -1429,21 +1651,21 @@
What is your name?
or even
doi ma
- O [what sumti?]
+ O [what sumti?]
which uses the vocative=20
doi to address someone, and simultaneously asks=
who the someone is.)
=20
A further example of=20
mo:
@@ -1481,39 +1703,35 @@
ke'a relative claus=
esuse of ke'a for referral to relativized sumti in ke'afor relativized sumti in relative clauses pro-sumti=
for relativized sumti in relative clauses This pro-sumti is used in relative clauses (explained in=20
) to indicate how the sumt=
i being relativized fits within the clause. For example:
cat of plasticexample
- mi catlu lo mlatu poi [zo'e] zbasu
- ke'a lei slasi
- I see a cat such-that something-unspecified makes
- the-thing-being-relativized [the cat] from-some-mass-of pla=
stic.
+ mi catlu lo mlatu poi [zo'e] zbasu ke'a lei slasi
+ I see a cat such-that something-unspecified makes the-thing=
-being-relativized [the cat] from-some-mass-of plastic.
I see a cat made of plastic.
ke'aambiguity when omitted If=20
ke'a were omitted from=20
, it might be confused with:=
- mi catlu lo mlatu poi [ke'a]
- zbasu lei slasi
- I see a cat such-that the-thing-being-relativized
- [the cat] makes a-mass-of plastic
+ mi catlu lo mlatu poi [ke'a] zbasu lei slasi
+ I see a cat such-that the-thing-being-relativized [the cat]=
makes a-mass-of plastic
I see a cat that makes plastic.
ricontrasted with ke'a in relative clauses ke'acontras=
ted with ri in relative clauses The anaphora cmavo=
=20
=20
ri cannot be used in place of=20
ke'a in=20
and=20
, because the relativized su=
mti is not yet complete when the=20
=20
@@ -1565,32 +1783,61 @@
le ka gleki ce'u
the property-of (being-happy about-X)
the property of being that which someone is happy about
Bound variable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the da-series and the b=
u'a-series
The following cmavo are discussed in this section:
-
- da KOhA da-series something-1=20
-
- de KOhA da-series something-2
- di KOhA da-series something-3
+
+
+ da
+ KOhA
+ da-series
+ something-1
+
+
+ de
+ KOhA
+ da-series
+ something-2
+
+
+ di
+ KOhA
+ da-series
+ something-3
+
=20
- bu'a GOhA bu'a-series some-predicate-1
- bu'e GOhA bu'a-series some-predicate-2
+
+ bu'a
+ GOhA
+ bu'a-series
+ some-predicate-1
+
+
+ bu'e
+ GOhA
+ bu'a-series
+ some-predicate-2
+
=20
- bu'i GOhA bu'a-series some-predicate-3
+
+ bu'i
+ GOhA
+ bu'a-series
+ some-predicate-3
+
=20
-
+
bu'a-series pro-s=
umtifor bound variables da-series pro-sumtifor bound variables Bound variables belong to=
the predicate-logic part of Lojban, and are listed here for completeness o=
nly. Their semantics is explained in=20
. It is worth mentioning that t=
he Lojban translation of=20
is:
la djan. cu lafti da poi grana ku'o gi'e desygau da
John raised something-1 which is-a-stick and shake-did some=
thing-1.
@@ -1638,308 +1885,458 @@
The following cmavo is discussed in this section:
du
GOhA
identity
du<=
/indexterm> identity predica=
te The cmavo=20
du has the place structure:
-
- du: x1 is identical with x2, x3, ...
-
+ du: x1 is identical with x2, x3, ...
durationale for selection of selma'o for and ap=
pears in selma'o GOhA for reasons of convenience: it is not a pro-bridi.=20
du serves as mathematical=20
=3D
, and outside mathematical contexts is used for defi=
ning or identifying. Mathematical examples may be found in=20
.
mintucontrasted with du ducontrasted with mintu The main difference between
ko'a du le nanmu
- It-1 is-identical-to the man
+ It-1 is-identical-to the man
and
ko'a mintu le nanmu
=20
- It-1 is-the-same-as the man
+ It-1 is-the-same-as the man
dumeaning of is this defining nature.=20
presumes that the speaker i=
s responding to a request for information about what=20
ko'a refers to, or that the speaker in some way=
feels the need to define=20
ko'a for later reference. A bridi with=20
du is an identity sentence, somewhat metalingui=
stically saying that all attached sumti are representations for the same re=
ferent. There may be any number of sumti associated with=20
du, and all are said to be identical.
- , however, predicates; it is=
used to make a claim about the identity of=20
+ , however, predicates; it =
is used to make a claim about the identity of=20
ko'a, which presumably has been defined previou=
sly.
dunlicontrasted with du ducontrasted with dunli duderivation of Note:=20
du historically is derived from=20
dunli, but=20
=20
dunli has a third place which=20
=20
du lacks: the standard of equality.
lujvo based on pro-sumti
pro-sumtirafsi for rafsibased on pro-sumti=
There exist rafsi allocated to a few cmavo of selma'o KOhA, bu=
t they are rarely used. (See=20
for a complete list.) The obv=
ious way to use them is as internal sumti, filling in an appropriate place =
of the gismu or lujvo to which they are attached; as such, they usually sta=
nd as the first rafsi in their lujvo.
you-talkexample pro-sumti r=
afsieffect of on place structure of lujvo<=
/indexterm> lujvo<=
secondary>pro-sumti rafsi effect on place structure of Thus=20
donta'a, meaning=20
you-talk
, would be interpreted as=20
=20
tavla be do, and would have the place structure=
-
-
-
-
-
- t1 talks to you about subject t3 in language t4
-
-
- since t2 (the addressee) is already known to be=20
+ t1 talks to you about subject t3 in language t4
+ since t2 (the addressee) is already known to =
be=20
do.
you-cmavoexample On the other hand, the lujvo=20
donma'o, literally=20
you-cmavo
, which means=20
=20
a second person personal pronoun
, would be interpreted =
as=20
cmavo be zo do, and have the place structure:=
para>
-
-
-
-
-
- c1 is a second person pronoun in language c4
-
-
- since both the c2 place (the grammatical class) and the c3 place=
(the meaning) are obvious from the context=20
+ c1 is a second person pronoun in language c4
+ since both the c2 place (the grammatical clas=
s) and the c3 place (the meaning) are obvious from the c=
ontext=20
do.
fo'a pro-sumti rafs=
ianticipated use of for abbreviating inconvenient form=
s An anticipated use of rafsi for cmavo in the=20
=20
fo'a series is to express lujvo which can't be =
expressed in a convenient rafsi form, because they are too long to express,=
or are formally inconvenient (fu'ivla, cmene, and so forth.) An example wo=
uld be:
=20
=20
=20
fo'a goi le kulnrsu,omi .i lo fo'arselsanga
- =20
- x6 stands for Finnish-culture. An x6-song.
+ x6 stands for Finnish-culture. An x6-song.
zi'o beverageexample zi'o raf=
sieffect of on place structure of lujvo lujvozi'o rafsi effect on place structure of Fin=
ally, lujvo involving=20
zi'o are also possible, and are fully discussed=
in=20
. In brief, the convention is to use =
the rafsi for=20
zi'o as a prefix immediately followed by the ra=
fsi for the number of the place to be deleted. Thus, if we consider a bever=
age (something drunk without considering who, if anyone, drinks it) as a=20
- =20
- =20
+
+
se pinxe be zi'o, the lujvo corresponding to th=
is is=20
zilrelselpinxe (deleting the second place of=20
se pinxe). Deleting the x1 place in this fashio=
n would move all remaining places up by one. This would mean that=20
zilpavypinxe has the same place structure as=20
zilrelselpinxe, and=20
lo zilpavypinxe, like=20
lo zilrelselpinxe, refers to a beverage, and no=
t to a non-existent drinker.
- =20
+
bu'aco'e pro-bridi raf=
sias producing context-dependent meanings<=
/indexterm> The pro-bridi=20
co'e,=20
- =20
+
du, and=20
bu'a also have rafsi, which can be used just as=
if they were gismu. The resulting lujvo have (except for=20
du-based lujvo) highly context-dependent meanin=
gs.
KOhA cmavo by series
-
- mi-series:
- mi I (rafsi:=20
-mib)
- do you (rafsi:=20
-don and=20
-doi)
- mi'o you and I
- mi'a I and others, we but not you
-
- ma'a you and I and others
-
- do'o you and others
-
- ko you-imperative
-
- ti-series:
- ti this here; something nearby (rafsi:=20
-tif)
- ta that there; something distant (rafsi:=20
-taz)
- tu that yonder; something far distant (rafsi:=20
-tuf)
-
- di'u-series:
- di'u the previous utterance
- de'u an earlier utterance
-
- da'u a much earlier utterance
-
- di'e the next utterance
-
- de'e a later utterance
-
- da'e a much later utterance
-
- dei this very utterance
- do'i some utterance
-
- ko'a-series:
- ko'a it-1; 1st assignable pro-sumti
- ko'e it-2; 2nd assignable pro-sumti
- ko'i it-3; 3rd assignable pro-sumti
- ko'o it-4; 4th assignable pro-sumti
- ko'u it-5; 5th assignable pro-sumti
-
- fo'a it-6; 6th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi:=20
-
-fo'a)
-
- fo'e it-7; 7th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi:=20
-fo'e)
- fo'i it-8; 8th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi:=20
-fo'i)
- fo'o it-9; 9th assignable pro-sumti
- fo'u it-10; 10th assignable pro-sumti
+ mi-series
+
+
+ mi
+ I (rafsi: mib)<=
/description>
+
+
+ do
+ you (rafsi: don=
and doi)
+
+
+ mi'o
+ you and I
+
+
+ mi'a
+ I and others, we but not you
+
+
+ ma'a
+ you and I and others
+
+
+ do'o
+ you and others
+
+
+ ko
+ you-imperative
+
+
=20
- ri-series:
- ri (repeats the last sumti)
- ra (repeats a previous sumti)
- ru (repeats a long-ago sumti)
+ ti-series
+
+
+ ti
+ this here; something nearby (rafsi: tif)
+
+
+ ta
+ that there; something distant (rafsi: taz)
+
+
+ tu
+ that yonder; something far distant (rafsi: tuf)
+
+
=20
- zo'e-series:
+ di'u-series
+
+
+ di'u
+ the previous utterance
+
+
+ de'u
+ an earlier utterance
+
+
+ da'u
+ a much earlier utterance
+
+
+ di'e
+ the next utterance
+
+
+ de'e
+ a later utterance
+
+
+ da'e
+ a much later utterance
+
+
+ dei
+ this very utterance
+
+
+ do'i
+ some utterance
+
+
=20
- zo'e the obvious value
- zu'i the typical value
+ ko'a-series
+
+
+ ko'a
+ it-1; 1st assignable pro-sumti
+
+
+ ko'e
+ it-2; 2nd assignable pro-sumti
+
+
+ ko'i
+ it-3; 3rd assignable pro-sumti
+
+
+ ko'o
+ it-4; 4th assignable pro-sumti
+
+
+ ko'u
+ it-5; 5th assignable pro-sumti
+
+
+ fo'a
+ it-6; 6th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi: fo'=
a)
+
+
+ fo'e
+ it-7; 7th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi: fo'=
e)
+
+
+ fo'i
+ it-8; 8th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi: fo'=
i)
+
+
+ fo'o
+ it-9; 9th assignable pro-sumti
+
+
+ fo'u
+ it-10; 10th assignable pro-sumti
+
+
=20
+ ri-series
+
+
+ ri
+ (repeats the last sumti)
+
+
+ ra
+ (repeats a previous sumti)
+
+
+ ru
+ (repeats a long-ago sumti)
+
+
=20
- zi'o the nonexistent value (rafsi:=20
-zil)
+ zo'e-series
+
=20
- vo'a-series:
- vo'a x1 of this bridi
- vo'e x2 of this bridi
- vo'i x3 of this bridi
- vo'o x4 of this bridi
- vo'u x5 of this bridi
+
+ zo'e
+ the obvious value
+
+
+ zu'i
+ the typical value
+
+
+ zi'o
+ the nonexistent value (rafsi: zil)
+
+
=20
- da-series:
- da something-1 (rafsi:=20
-dav/
-dza)
- de something-2
- di something-3
+ vo'a-series
+
+
+ vo'a
+ x1 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'e
+ x2 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'i
+ x3 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'o
+ x4 of this bridi
+
+
+ vo'u
+ x5 of this bridi
+
+
=20
- others:
- ke'a relativized sumti
+ da-series
+
+
+ da
+ something-1 (rafsi: dav/dza)
+
+
+ de
+ something-2
+
+
+ di
+ something-3
+
+
=20
- ma sumti question
- ce'u abstraction focus
-
+ others:
+
+
+ ke'a
+ relativized sumti
+
+
+ ma
+ sumti question
+
+
+ ce'u
+ abstraction focus
+
+
GOhA and other pro-bridi by series
-
- broda-series (not GOhA):
- broda is-1; 1st assignable pro-bridi
- brode is-2; 2nd assignable pro-bridi
- brodi is-3; 3rd assignable pro-bridi
- brodo is-4; 4th assignable pro-bridi
- brodu is-5; 5th assignable pro-bridi
-
- go'i-series:
- go'i (repeats the last bridi)
- go'a (repeats a previous bridi)
-
- go'u (repeats a long-ago bridi)
-
- go'e (repeats the last-but-one bridi)
-
- go'o (repeats a future bridi)
-
- nei (repeats the current bridi)
-
- no'a (repeats the next outer bridi)
-
-
- bu'a-series:
- bu'a some-predicate-1 (rafsi:=20
-bul)
- bu'e some-predicate-2
-
- bu'i some-predicate-3
-
+
+
+ broda-series (not GOhA):
+
+ =20
+
+ broda
+ is-1; 1st assignable pro-bridi
+
+
+ brode
+ is-2; 2nd assignable pro-bridi
+
+
+ brodi
+ is-3; 3rd assignable pro-bridi
+
+
+ brodo
+ is-4; 4th assignable pro-bridi
+
+
+ brodu
+ is-5; 5th assignable pro-bridi
+
=20
- others:
- co'e has the obvious relationship (rafsi:=20
+
+ go'i-series
+
+
+ go'i
+ (repeats the last bridi)
+
+
+ go'a
+ (repeats a previous bridi)
+
+
+ go'u
+ (repeats a long-ago bridi)
+
+
+ go'e
+ (repeats the last-but-one bridi)
+
+
+ go'o
+ (repeats a future bridi)
+
+
+ nei
+ (repeats the current bridi)
+
+
+ no'a
+ (repeats the next outer bridi)
+
+
=20
-com/
-co'e)
+ bu'a-series
+
+
+ bu'a
+ some-predicate-1 (rafsi: bu=
l)
+
+
+ bu'e
+ some-predicate-2
+
+
+ bu'i
+ some-predicate-3
+
+
=20
- mo bridi question
- du identity: x1 is identical to x2, x3 ... (rafsi:=20
-dub/
-du'o)
-
+ others:
+
+
+ co'e
+ has the obvious relationship (rafsi: com/co'e)
+
+
+ mo
+ bridi question
+
+
+ du
+ identity: x1 is identical to x2, x3 ... (rafsi: dub/du'o)
+
+
Other cmavo discussed in this chapter
goi
GOI
pro-sumti assignment (ko'a-series)
- =20
cei
- =20
CEI
pro-bridi assignment (broda-series)
ra'o
RAhO
pro-sumti/pro-bridi update
- =20
soi
SOI
reciprocity
- =20
- =20
se'u
SEhU
soi terminator
da'o
- =20
DAhO
cancel all pro-sumti/pro-bridi
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