Subject: RE: [lojban] cmavo for emphasis?

From: "And Rosta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 01:26:08 +0100

Viktoro [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Are there particles for showing emphasis?
> 
> In English, we use a stronger voice to show emphasis in sentences 
> like:
> 
> "The *dog* bit the postman."
> 
> "The dog bit the *postman*."
> 
> "The dog *bit* the postman."
> 
> How does one indicate emphasis? By word order or what?

No single method. The one I favour is:

da poi ke'a batci le mrilu prenu du le gerku

da poi le gerku batci ke'a du le mrilu prenu

For the third, I'd probably fall back on

le gerku ba'e batci le mrilu prenu

--And.