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By the 'Lojban word for "preposition"', I mean a Lojban word that
refers to the linguistic concept of "preposition", not the rough
Lojban equivalent.

mi'e cntr

On 22 March 2012 09:20, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 17:24:20 Sid wrote:
>> And you can use the Lojban word for "preposition". English doesn't
>> have many things like ergativity and postpositions, but it has the
>> words to talk about them.
>
> The Lojban for "preposition" (actually "adposition", as it doesn't specif=
y,
> but all Lojban adpositions are prepositions) is "sumtcita". There are two
> kinds in Lojban: proper prepositions (selma'o BAI), which can be converte=
d
> with SE, and tense markers (various selma'o), which can't. Then there are=
 some
> words that look like prepositions, but are different:
> *FA puts a sumti in a numbered case slot. It is normally omitted if the s=
umti
> would be in that slot without it. A Lojban grammarian describing English =
would
> put "to", when used to mark the indirect object, in this class.
> *"pe" looks like a possessive preposition, but it's in the same selma'o a=
s
> "goi", which is not a preposition.
> *"be" looks like a preposition in phrases like "lo mamta be le verba", bu=
t it
> does something completely different.
>
> Maybe FA is preposition; what do you think?
>
> Pierre
> --
> La sal en el mar es m=E1s que en la sangre.
> Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.
>
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