[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 10/27/07, Joel Shellman <jshellman@gmail.com> wrote:
> -- Types of words --
> cmavo : structure words
> cmene : names

You may want to distinguish {cmene}, for names in general, from
{cmevla}, "name-word", which are those words that must end in
a consonant and can only be used as names. {cmene} is more
general because any selbri can be used as a name when preceded
by {la}. Many materials however do use {cmene} in the restricted
sense of {cmevla}.

> brivla : predicate words of which there are three subtypes:
>  - gismu : root words
>  - lujvo : words constructed from rafsi
>  - fu'ivla : words copied from another language
> rafsi : word roots for gismu in creating lujvo
> tanru : word phrase
>
> -- Sentence roles --
> bridi : predicate
> selbri : relation/function?
> sumti : arguments to the selbri

Another word you may run into is:

gadri: article

mu'o mi'e xorxes