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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: How to use "birti"/"jetnu"/"jinvi"/etc.?
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On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:56:41AM -0600, c1tk@c1tk.cjb.net wrote:
> What is the correct way to use gismu such as "birti", "jetnu", "jinvi"
> which involve a full-blown assertion as one of their arguments? E.g.
> how do I transform a statement like "Saddam is evil" ("la sadam. palci")
> into "I think Saddam is evil"? What should I put as the x2 to "jinvi"?

Chapter 11 of the language grammar reference tells you all about putting
sentences into sumti positions.
http://lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter11.html