[lojban] Re: What's it called when a brivla requires {be}?

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

On 8/31/06, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> IIRR there are three constructions in the grammar where a brivla requires {be}
> if it has arguments. One is a selgadri, one is a seltau, and I forget what
> the third one is.

There are a few more:

With {na'u}, to convert a selbri into an operator.
With {ni'e}, to convert a selbri into an operand.
With {fi'o}, to convert a selbri into a tag.
With {sei} to convert a selbri into a free modifier.
With vocatives.

> What do we call the state a brivla is in when it requires
> {be}? I've thought of saying that it's in the infinitive, but the semantic
> equivalent of an infinitive is {lo nu} followed by a brivla. Anyone have a
> better name?

"Bound" by some converter?

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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