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word | form | gloss
bajra | CVCCV | to run
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+ stuzi | CCVCV | location  ||
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!Gismu



Gismu can be thought of as root words. They are always exactly five letters long, taking the form of either CVCCV or CCVCV (C = consonant, V = vowel).



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||__Example 1.1 : gismu forms__

word | form | gloss

bajra | CVCCV | to run

stuzi | CCVCV | location  ||

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In a Lojban sentence, gismu generally appear as either a predicate ([bridi], something like an adjective or verb), or as an argument ([sumti], something like a subject or an object). There is no single part of speech that gismu correspond to in English.



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||__Example 1.2 : parts of speech__

word | gloss | English part of speech

bajra | to run | transitive verb

stuzi | location | common noun ||

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Many gismu have one or more three-letter abbreviations ([rafsi]) for forming compound words ([lujvo]).



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||__Example 1.3 : rafsi__

word | abbreviation(s)

bajra | baj

stuzi | stu, tuz ||

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__Example 1.4 forming a compound word__



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||running + site = track (for running on)

baj (bajra) + stu (stuzi) = bajystu||

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lei gismu cu jicmu traji lo'i ((lojbo)) ((brivla))  .i ro da poi gismu zo'u da porsi fi lo'i 5 lo ((lerfu))  .i ro da poi ((lujvo)) zo'u da se zbasu loi ((rafsi)) be loi gismu

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Definitions elsewhere:

*[http://www.lojban.org/files/brochures/gismu.html]




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