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On Saturday, November 24, 2012 17:13:00 Jonathan Jones wrote:
>> For example, Lojban does not have nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc., it has
> only gismu, which can act as any of those. For example, {bajra} can be a
> noun: {lo bajra} "a runner", or a verb: {mi bajra} "I run", an adjective:
> {mi bajra klama} "I running type-of go".

The gismu is one kind of brivla. The others are lujvo (compound words, such=
 as=20
{gimste} "list of gismu") and fu'ivla (borrowed words, such as {arxokuna}=
=20
"raccoon"; both the English and the Lojban words are of Algonquian origin).=
=20
The brivla covers verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and common nouns.

The other open part of speech is the cmevla, which is equivalent to a prope=
r=20
noun. For instance {fasygug} "France" (which is also called {frans}). Most=
=20
cmevla denote people's names, countries, or other things usually denoted by=
=20
proper nouns in other languages. Diseases (when named, not predicated) are=
=20
also named with cmevla, e.g. {zuk=E1m} "cold" (from Hindi and Arabic).

Other things that don't match up:
* Tenses, which are marked with particles such as {pu}, indicate space as w=
ell=20
as time. {mo'ini'a xance ko} "move your hand downward" has "hand" as the=20
"verb", with a spatial tense.
* Several words for "and" and "or" connect different kinds of phrases. Ther=
e is=20
no single way to translate "if".
* There is a predicate marker, {cu}. The only natlangs I know of with such =
a=20
word are Bislamic languages such as Tok Pisin.
* There is no grammatical number. Rather, there is a mass-count distinction=
 in=20
the article.
* There's a part of speech (consisting of several selma'o, each with a sing=
le=20
cmavo) called "terminator", which serves to terminate grammatical construct=
s.=20
This contributes to the unambiguously parsable grammar.

Pierre
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