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Subject: [lojban] Re: What Is Lojban? Chapter 2.
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On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 13:44 -0500, Dmitry wrote:
> Consider following simple text:
> mi sutra klama le blanu zdani be la djan. le briju
>=20
> (it is sample from a "What Is Lojban? Chapter 2.")
>=20
> It is said that "be la djan." is sumti of a "blanu zdani". Why not=20
> "sutra clama"? just because of "be"?

"la djan" is the sumti, and yes. be is used to link sumti to others.

In this case, the be inserts "la djan." into the x2 of zdani. If you
want to put something in the x3, etc. you can use constructs like
"befi", or if you want to attach some BAI or something else to it (this
is a bit more advanced, so feel free to gloss over it), you can simply
do "bebai" or "be fi'o gismu".

mu'omi'e.bancus

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