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Re: [lojban-beginners] Possessives
For possessive you have many option.
1. using {pe} to indicate an association: "my room (where I sleep)" -> { lo kumfa pe mi }
2. using {po} to indicate possession: "my room (that I own)" -> { lo kumfa po mi }
3. using one of the personal pro-sumti: "my room (in an unspecified sense" -> { lo mi kunfa }
4. using the dedicated su,ti place like in "my father" -> { lo patfu be mi }
The role of pronouns is played, in Lojban, by the pro-sumti. Note that they are not exactly the same! It's better not to try to translate English concepts directly into Lojban. It's much better to understand how things work in Lojban and then try to use them to express what you want to say.
If you're just asking for personal pronouns the first and second person is covered by:
{mi} -> me (the speaker)
{do} -> you (the listener)
{ko} -> you (imperative)
{do'o} -> you and others but not me
{mi'o} -> you and me but not others
{ma'a} -> me, you and others
{mi'a} -> me and others but not you
For third person one uses the assignable pro-sumti {ko'V} and {fo'V} or a the first letter of the sumti you want to refer to.
I saw a dog. it was running -> {mi viska lo gerku goi ko'a .i ko'a bajra}
I saw a dog. it was running -> {mi viska lo gerku .i gy. bajra}
co'o mu'o mi'e la remod
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