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What Is Lojban?/Part III
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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.