[lojban] Re: Can you read this and tell me if it is correct?

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

On Thursday 11 September 2008 19:14:53 arpgme wrote:
> Re: Can you read this and tell me if it is correct?
>
> Author: arpgme
>
> Ok, I understand "cu" now. It's like "is" when used with a noun +
> adjective.

There are no adjectives in Lojban, and "is" is {du}. {cu} is a predicate 
marker, a part of speech which doesn't exist in English, but does exist in 
Tok Pisin (see http://jbo.wiktionary.org/wiki/i for a comparison).

{du} isn't used much, because brivla are verblike ("this is a cat" is simply 
{ti mlatu}; {ti du lo mlatu} is redundant). It is used when the sumti begins 
with {le}, is complex, or is a name or a number.
le nanmu poi mi viska ca le prulamdei cu du le nanmu poi se flakavbu ca le 
prulamna'a
The man whom I saw yesterday is the man who was arrested last year.
li vo vu'u re du li re .i la tulius. du la kikeron.

mu'omi'e .pier.


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