What Is Lojban?/Part III

Part I

What Is Lojban? Part III. Lojban Sample Texts written by (edited by) Nick Nicholas & John Cowan

Part III

III. Lojban Sample Texts

lojbo mupli bo seltcidu

    Note: In the glosses, the following conventions apply:

    ( )

    sumti
    << >>

    selbri
    [ ]

    bridi
    < >

    abstraction/relativisation
    { }

    grouping
    boxed cell

    semantic role of sumti

    For instance:

.i [1(2dei)2
'.' this utterance [is, does]
  lisri1 (story(ies))
--
<<3lisri>>3 (4le <5nu
being story(ies) the event(s) of
  lisri2 (plot)
--
[6<<7cpare>>7 (8lo cmana)8]6>5)4]1
climb-ing any/some mountain(s)
  cpare2 (climbing surface(s))

    Note: This indicates that dei is the first sumti of the selbri lisri (lisri1); lenu cpare... is the second sumti of lisri (lisri1); and cmana is the second sumti of the selbri cpare (cpare2). Furthermore: dei, le nu cpare lo cmana, and cmana are sumti; lisri and cpare are selbri; nu cpare lo cmanais an abstraction; and the sentence contains two clauses: cpare lo cmana, and dei lisri le nu cpare lo cmana.

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• 5. bradi je bandu
• 6. ckape litru
• 7. sera'a le cipnrkorvo .e le lorxu
• 8. Attitudinal