[lojban-beginners] Re: Nouns and verbs

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 02 March 2007 09:55, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/2/2007 4:21:40 AM Central Standard Time,
>
> ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:
> > A brivla is a verb (whether its translation in any other language is a
> > verb)
> > and a cmene is a noun.
>
> I think you meant "... and a sumti is a noun."  A cmene is a name, and so
> is also a noun of sorts, but it's not a general sort of noun.

The sumti isn't a part of speech, that is, a word class. It's a way a phrase 
can be used in a sentence.

On Thursday 01 March 2007 21:58, Alex Martini wrote:
> At risk of being off topic, clock in Navajo is actually a verb turned
> into a noun. Something on the order of "the little one that
> repeatedly moves in a circle". It was one of the examples used in a
> book when how few real nouns Navajo has.

That's what I meant, that it's a verb used as a noun. So are brivla, when 
they're used in a sumti. Actual nouns are used mainly for naming individuals.

phma